LEADER 03937nam 2200625Ia 450 001 9910792442903321 005 20230523205119.0 010 $a1-282-42306-1 010 $a9786612423062 010 $a0-472-02300-4 024 7 $a10.3998/mpub.17363 035 $a(CKB)2670000000016531 035 $a(OCoLC)646836729 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10335363 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000420305 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11308544 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000420305 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10391735 035 $a(PQKB)10118560 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3414535 035 $a(OCoLC)593239821 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse8457 035 $a(MiU)10.3998/mpub.17363 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3414535 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10335363 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL242306 035 $a(OCoLC)824099884 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000016531 100 $a20010223d2001 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aImmigration and the politics of American sovereignty, 1890-1990 /$fCheryl Shanks 210 1$aAnn Arbor :$cThe University of Michigan Press,$d2001. 215 $a1 online resource (399 pages) $cillustrations 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 0 $a0-472-11204-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 339-377) and index. 327 $aIntroduction -- Arguments about immigrants -- Whether to exclude -- Whom to exclude : the Quota Acts -- Whom to exclude : the McCarran-Walter Act -- Whom to exclude, whom to prefer : the Immigration Reform Act of 1965 -- Whom to exclude, whom to prefer : IRCA and the 1990 reforms -- Domestic interests as explanations -- Structural theories as explanations -- Conclusion: sovereignty, things, and people. 330 $aWhat does it mean to be an American? The United States defines itself by its legal freedoms; it cannot tell its citizens who to be. Nevertheless, where possible, it must separate citizen from alien. In so doing, it defines the desirable characteristics of its citizens in immigration policy, spelling out how many and, most importantly, what sorts of persons can enter the country with the option of becoming citizens. Over the past century, the U.S. Congress argued first that prospective citizens should be judged in terms of race, then in terms of politics, then of ideology, then of wealth and skills. Each argument arose in direct response to a perceived foreign threat--a threat that was, in the government's eyes, racial, political, ideological, or economic. Immigration and the Politics of American Sovereignty traces how and why public arguments about immigrants changed over time, how some arguments came to predominate and shape policy, and what impact these arguments have had on how the United States defines and defends its sovereignty. Cheryl Shanks offers readers an explanation for immigration policy that is more distinctly political than the usual economic and cultural ones. Her study, enriched by the insights of international relations theory, adds much to our understanding of the notion of sovereignty and as such will be of interest to scholars of international relations, American politics, sociology, and American history. 517 3 $aImmigration & the politics of American sovereignty, 1890-1990 606 $aEmigration and immigration law$zUnited States$xHistory 607 $aUnited States$xEmigration and immigration$xGovernment policy 615 0$aEmigration and immigration law$xHistory. 676 $a325.73/09/04 700 $aShanks$b Cheryl$f1962-$0490587 712 02$aMichigan Publishing (University of Michigan) 801 0$bMiU 801 1$bMiU 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910792442903321 996 $aImmigration and the politics of American sovereignty$9310836 997 $aUNINA