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UNINA9910461854703321 |
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Oh Young-In <1970-> |
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Struggles over immigrants' language [[electronic resource] ] : literacy tests in the United States, 1917-1966 / / Young-In Oh |
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El Paso, : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2012 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (182 p.) |
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Collana |
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The new Americans : recent immigration and American society |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Literacy - Social aspects - United States - History - 20th century |
Literacy - Ability testing - United States - History - 20th century |
Immigrants - Education - United States - History - 20th century |
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United States Emigration and immigration Social aspects |
United States Emigration and immigration History 20th century |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; Introduction; CHAPTER 1: The Beginning of Federal Language Restriction: The Literacy Test Act of 1917; Still Open Door Mixed with Ethnocentric National Identity; Toward Immigration Restriction: Redefining Americans; The Literacy Test Act: A Product of Long Lasting Political Discourses in the Divided Government; CHAPTER 2: Applications and Challenges: Immigrants and the Administrators; The Implications of the Literacy Test Act; The Ambiguity of the Law and Its Discretionary Administration; Challenging the Arbitrary Administration of the Literacy Test |
CHAPTER 3: Power Politics in Implementing Immigration Policy: Congress and the Bureau Of Immigration Immigration Legislation and the Extent of Administrative Powers; Congressional Power and Dehumanizing Administration; Illegal Immigrants: A Consequence of the Conflict between Legislation and Administration; CHAPTER 4: The Literacy Tests and the National Quota Immigration Policies; The National Quota Immigration Act of 1924: Ongoing History of the Literacy Test; To Redefine a "White" America: Congress, the courts, and the states; American Citizen Yes, Voter No: Double Allegiance to State |
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