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Author Bavery, Ashley Johnson, author

Title Bootlegged aliens : immigration politics on America's northern border / Ashley Johnson Bavery
Published Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2020]

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 278 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series Politics and Culture in Modern America
Politics and culture in modern America.
Contents Chapter 1. "Illegal Immigrants" in an Industrial Borderland -- Chapter 2. Defining Undesirables and Protesting Quotas -- Chapter 3. The Problem of Canadian Day Laborers -- Chapter 4. Reform, Repatriation, and Deportation During the Depression -- Chapter 5. Registering Immigrants in the Depression Era -- Chapter 6. The Immigrant Politics of Anticommunism -- Chapter 7. Aliens and Welfare in North America -- Conclusion. The Legacy of Restrictive
Summary Bootlegged Aliens explores the history of illegal immigration, migrant labor, and the early formation of U.S. immigration policy along the country's northern border, demonstrating how this often-overlooked region influenced the practices and experiences surrounding illegal immigration in early twentieth-century industrial America
Analysis American History
American Studies
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 10, 2020)
Subject Automobile industry workers -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Michigan -- Detroit -- History -- 20th century
Noncitizens -- Michigan -- Detroit -- History -- 20th century
Immigrants -- Government policy -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Immigrants -- Michigan -- Detroit -- History -- 20th century
Illegal immigration -- Michigan -- Detroit -- History -- 20th century
Noncitizens.
Undocumented Immigrants
HISTORY -- Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)
Illegal immigration
Emigration and immigration -- Government policy
Ethnic relations
Noncitizens
Immigrants
Immigrants -- Government policy
Noncitizens.
SUBJECT Canada -- Emigration and immigration -- Government policy -- History -- 20th century
Detroit (Mich.) -- Emigration and immigration -- Government policy -- History -- 20th century
United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Government policy -- History -- 20th century
United States -- Ethnic relations -- History -- 20th century
Subject Canada
Michigan -- Detroit
United States
Genre/Form Electronic books
History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 0812297377
9780812297379