National Insecurities
Immigrants and U.S. Deportation Policy since 1882
By Deirdre M. Moloney
328 pp., 6.125 x 9.25, 13 halftones, notes, bibl., index
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Paperback ISBN: 978-1-4696-2834-9
Published: February 2016 -
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Published: May 2012 -
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Published: May 2012
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Awards & distinctions
2013 Choice Outstanding Academic Title
Emphasizing the perspectives of immigrants and their advocates, Moloney weaves in details from case files that illustrate the impact policy decisions had on individual lives. She explores the role of immigration policy in diplomatic relations between the U.S. and other nations, and shows how federal, state, and local agencies had often conflicting priorities and approaches to immigration control. Throughout, Moloney traces the ways that these policy debates contributed to a modern understanding of citizenship and human rights in the twentieth century and even today.
About the Author
Deirdre M. Moloney is director of fellowships advising at Princeton University and author of American Catholic Lay Groups and Transatlantic Social Reform in the Progressive Era.
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"The breadth of research and clear marshalling of material make [National Insecurities] a significant addition to the field, and one that covers a huge span."--Journal of American History
“Moloney offers a wide-ranging, informative, well-documented corrective for anyone who might still think of recent U.S. immigration history as any sort of simple or happy tale.”--Journal of Social History
“A significant contribution to the scholarship on the early twentieth-century immigration state and deserves a large readership.”--American Historical Review
“National Insecurities displays strong engagement with secondary literature and manifests and illuminates a great deal of original research on immigration control. . . . Graduate students and researchers interested in such matters would benefit significantly from carefully reading it.”--International Migration Review
"Focused on unraveling the complex issues of detention, deportation, and citizenship rights in the US, National Insecurities. . . . reveals the roots of anti-immigrant rage in the US."--Women's Review of Books
“The writing is clear and avoids the academic jargon that so often limits the appeal of such scholarship. . . . This study should find a wide readership among scholars in many fields as well as policy makers addressing immigration issues. . . . Highly recommended.”—CHOICE