The Architecture of Race in American Immigration Law: A Reexamination of the Immigration Act of 1924
1999/06/01 by Mae M. Ngai · 368 citations
Arts and Humanities · Social Sciences · #Architecture #Gender studies #Genealogy #Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics #History #Immigration #Immigration law #Law #Migration, Refugees, and Integration #Political science #Race (biology) #Race, History, and American Society #Sociology
paper · doi:10.2307/2567407
published in Journal of American History 86(1), 67 (Oxford University Press)
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Abstract
Mae M. Ngai; The Architecture of Race in American Immigration Law: A Reexamination of the Immigration Act of 1924, Journal of American History, Volume 86, Issue
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