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Wong Carolyn <1952-> |
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Titolo |
Lobbying for inclusion [[electronic resource] ] : rights politics and the making of immigration policy / / Carolyn Wong |
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Stanford, Calif., : Stanford University Press, 2006 |
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ISBN |
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0-8047-6775-0 |
1-4294-1598-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (241 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Pressure groups - United States |
United States Emigration and immigration Government policy |
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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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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-213) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction -- Interest-group goals -- Hart-Cellar Act -- Post-Bracero dilemmas -- Legal and illegal immigration reform -- Revisiting reform in a Republican Congress -- Conclusion. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The 1965 passage of immigration reform, which removed racial quotas, generated a mass immigration to the United States from Latin America and Asia. This wave of immigration began in the immediate aftermath of the civil rights era and it led to the formation of a new set of ethnic advocacy groups in American politics. |
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