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Author Daniels, Roger.

Title Guarding the Golden Door : American immigration policy and immigrants since 1882 / Roger Daniels
Edition First edition
Published New York : Hill and Wang, [2004]
©2004

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Description xii, 328 pages ; 24 cm
regular print
Contents Pt. I. The Golden Door Closes and Opens, 1882-1965 -- 1. The Beginnings of Immigration Restriction, 1882-1917 -- 2. The 1920s: The Triumph of the Old Nativism -- 3. No New Deal for Immigration -- 4. World War II and After: The Barriers Begin to Drop -- 5. Admitting Displaced Persons: 1946-1950 -- 6. The Cold War and Immigration -- 7. Lyndon Johnson and the End of the Quota System -- Pt. II. Changing Patterns in a Changing World, 1965-2001 -- 8. Immigrants from Other Worlds: Asians -- 9. Immigrants from Other Worlds: Latinos -- 10. Refugees and Human Rights: Cubans, Southeast Asians, and Others -- 11. Immigration Reform: Myths and Realities -- 12. "Controlling Our Borders": Struggles over Immigration Policy -- Epilogue: Immigration After 9/11
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Immigrants -- Government policy -- United States -- History.
Immigrants -- United States -- History.
SUBJECT United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Government policy http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007100021 -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005024
United States -- Emigration and immigration -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007100020
LC no. 2003007714
ISBN 0809053438 alkaline paper