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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463782403321

Autore

Lee Catherine

Titolo

Fictive kinship : family reunification and the meaning of race and nation in American migration / / Catherine Lee

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Russell Sage Foundation, , [2013]

©2013

ISBN

1-61044-812-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (200 p.)

Disciplina

325.73

Soggetti

Family social work

Family policy - United States

Refugees - Family relationships - United States

Racism - United States

Family reunification

Electronic books.

United States Emigration and immigration

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Note on terminology -- Introduction -- The fabric of our civilization as we know it : family in research and policy -- I have kept my blood pure : gender propriety, class privilege, and racial purity in family reunification during the exclusion era -- Reason of elemental humanity : the urgency of uniting families in the post-war era on the road to immigration reform -- Our nation's efforts to protect families has fallen far short : pluralist ideals and vulnerable families -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Appendix: Data and methods -- References -- Index.