The problem of immigration in a slaveholding republic : policing mobility in the nineteenth-century United States /

A sweeping history of nineteenth-century America, this book shows how slavery shaped immigration policy in the United States during the years when states controlled mobility within and across their borders. Only after the abolition of slavery did Congress begin to implement a national immigration po...

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Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser:
Kenny, Kevin
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2023.
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
Zusammenfassung:
A sweeping history of nineteenth-century America, this book shows how slavery shaped immigration policy in the United States during the years when states controlled mobility within and across their borders. Only after the abolition of slavery did Congress begin to implement a national immigration policy, applying the policies of border control and deportation to different racial groups that continue to generate tensions between state and federal authority to the present day.
Umfang:
1 online resource (345 pages)
Anmerkungen:
Also issued in print: 2023.
Zielpublikum:
Specialized.
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-19-758011-4
0-19-758009-2
0-19-758010-6
Schlagworte:
Slavery > Political aspects > United States > History > 19th century.
Society.
Sociology & anthropology.
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