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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783259803321

Autore

Park John S. W

Titolo

Elusive citizenship : immigration, Asian Americans, and the paradox of civil rights / / John S.W. Park

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : New York University Press, , 2004

ISBN

0-8147-6810-5

0-8147-6869-5

1-4175-8833-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (240 pages)

Collana

Critical America

Disciplina

325.73/095

Soggetti

Asians - United States - History

Immigrants - United States - History

Emigration and immigration law - United States - History

United States Emigration and immigration History

Asia Emigration and immigration History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-220) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. " A Subclass within Our Boundaries"; Part I: Theory; 2. Characteristics Arbitrary from a Moral Point of View"; 3. " One Body in the State of Nature"; Part II: Law; 4. " They Do Not and Will Not Assimilate"; 5. " Beyond All Reason in Its Severity"; Part III: Homeless Strangers; 6. " They Will Disappear"; 7. "Loyalty Is a Matter of the Heart and Mind"; 8. "Outside the Pale of Law"; Notes; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

Since the late nineteenth century, federal and state rules governing immigration and naturalization have placed persons of Asian ancestry outside the boundaries of formal membership. A review of leading cases in American constitutional law regarding Asians would suggest that initially, Asian immigrants tended to evade exclusionary laws through deliberate misrepresentations of their identities or through extralegal means. Eventually, many of these immigrants and their descendants came to accept prevailing legal norms governing their citizenship in the United States. In many cases, this involved