Americans in waiting : the lost story of immigration and citizenship in the United States /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2006.
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| Online Access: | http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=167587 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction: immigrants in America
- Contract and classical immigration law
- Promises, promises
- All persons within the territorial jurisdiction
- Alienage and the ties that bind
- The most tender connections
- The lost story of Americans in waiting
- Transition at a crossroads
- The meaning of transition
- Race, belonging, and transition
- Taking transition seriously
- Conclusion : the idea of Americans in waiting.