9780195336085-0195336089-Americans in Waiting: The Lost Story of Immigration and Citizenship in the United States

Americans in Waiting: The Lost Story of Immigration and Citizenship in the United States

ISBN-13: 9780195336085
ISBN-10: 0195336089
Edition: 1
Author: Hiroshi Motomura
Publication date: 2007
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Format: Paperback 256 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780195336085
ISBN-10: 0195336089
Edition: 1
Author: Hiroshi Motomura
Publication date: 2007
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Format: Paperback 256 pages

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Americans in Waiting: The Lost Story of Immigration and Citizenship in the United States (ISBN-13: 9780195336085 and ISBN-10: 0195336089), written by authors Hiroshi Motomura, was published by Oxford University Press in 2007. With an overall rating of 4.4 stars, it's a notable title among other United States History (Historical Study & Educational Resources, Emigration & Immigration, Administrative Law, Emigration & Immigration, Social Sciences, Americas History) books. You can easily purchase or rent Americans in Waiting: The Lost Story of Immigration and Citizenship in the United States (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used United States History books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.97.

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Although America is unquestionably a nation of immigrants, its immigration policies have inspired more questions than consensus on who should be admitted and what the path to citizenship should be. In Americans in Waiting, Hiroshi Motomura looks to a forgotten part of our past to show how, for over 150 years, immigration was assumed to be a transition to citizenship, with immigrants essentially being treated as future citizens--Americans in waiting. Challenging current conceptions, the author deftly uncovers how this view, once so central to law and policy, has all but vanished. Motomura explains how America could create a more unified society by recovering this lost history and by giving immigrants more, but at the same time asking more of them. A timely, panoramic chronicle of immigration and citizenship in the United States, Americans in Waiting offers new ideas and a fresh perspective on current debates.

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