Americans in waiting the lost story of immigration and citizenship in the United States /
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| Materialtyp: | Elektronisk E-bok |
| Språk: | engelska |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2006.
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| Länkar: | An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view |
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Innehållsförteckning:
- Introduction: immigrants in America
- Contract and classical immigration law
- Promises, promises
- All persons within the territorial jurisdiction
- Alienage and the ties that bind
- The most tender connections
- The lost story of Americans-in-waiting
- Transition at a crossroads
- The meaning of transition
- Race, belonging, and transition
- Taking transition seriously
- Conclusion : the idea of Americans-in-waiting
- Notes.