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Impossible Subjects: Illegal Aliens and the Making of Modern America - Updated Edition - Politics and Society in Modern America Updated edition
Mae M. Ngai
Impossible Subjects: Illegal Aliens and the Making of Modern America - Updated Edition - Politics and Society in Modern America Updated edition
Mae M. Ngai
Traces the origins of the "illegal alien" in American law and society, explaining why and how illegal migration became the central problem in US immigration policy - a process that profoundly shaped ideas and practices about citizenship, race, and state authority in the twentieth century.
416 pages, 14 halftones. 3 line illus. 6 tables.
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | April 27, 2014 |
ISBN13 | 9780691160825 |
Publishers | Princeton University Press |
Pages | 416 |
Dimensions | 155 × 235 × 26 mm · 588 g |
Language | English |