Americans in waiting : the lost story of immigration and citizenship in the United States / / Hiroshi Motomura.
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| Year of Publication: | 2006 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | viii, 254 p. |
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Table of Contents:
- 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.