03450nam 2200685 a 450 991045949620332120200520144314.01-282-76391-197866127639150-520-94577-810.1525/9780520945777(CKB)2670000000029687(EBL)547596(OCoLC)646788651(SSID)ssj0000440250(PQKBManifestationID)11281761(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000440250(PQKBWorkID)10471452(PQKB)11219419(MiAaPQ)EBC547596(DE-B1597)518675(DE-B1597)9780520945777(Au-PeEL)EBL547596(CaPaEBR)ebr10395762(CaONFJC)MIL276391(EXLCZ)99267000000002968720091016d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrNot fit for our society[electronic resource] nativism and immigration /Peter SchragBerkeley University of California Pressc20101 online resource (315 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-520-25978-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.A city upon a hill -- "This visible act of ingurgitation" -- "Science" makes its case -- Preserving the race -- The great awhitening -- "They keep coming" -- A border without lines.In a book of deep and telling ironies, Peter Schrag provides essential background for understanding the fractious debate over immigration. Covering the earliest days of the Republic to current events, Schrag sets the modern immigration controversy within the context of three centuries of debate over the same questions about who exactly is fit for citizenship. He finds that nativism has long colored our national history, and that the fear-and loathing-of newcomers has provided one of the faultlines of American cultural and political life. Schrag describes the eerie similarities between the race-based arguments for restricting Irish, German, Slav, Italian, Jewish, and Chinese immigrants in the past and the arguments for restricting Latinos and others today. He links the terrible history of eugenic "science" to ideas, individuals, and groups now at the forefront of the fight against rational immigration policies. Not Fit for Our Society makes a powerful case for understanding the complex, often paradoxical history of immigration restriction as we work through the issues that inform, and often distort, the debate over who can become a citizen, who decides, and on what basis.Emigration and immigrationSocial aspectsEmigration and immigrationPublic opinionEmigration and immigrationGovernment policyNativismEugenicsElectronic books.Emigration and immigrationSocial aspects.Emigration and immigrationPublic opinion.Emigration and immigrationGovernment policy.Nativism.Eugenics.304.8Schrag Peter141693MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910459496203321Not fit for our society2459571UNINA