American Immigration and Citizenship: A Documentary History
John R. Vile
Sep 2016 · Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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436
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About this ebook
One of the most contentious issues in America today is the status of immigration. American Immigration and Citizenship shows that this issue is far from new. In this book, John Vile provides context for contemporary debates on the topic through key historical documents presented alongside essays that interpret their importance for the reader. The author concludes that a highly-interconnected world presents no easy answers and offers no single immigration policy that will work for all time. The book includes a mix of laws, constitutional provisions, speeches, and judicial decisions from each period. Vile furthermore traces the interconnections between issues of citizenship and issues of immigration, indicating that public opinion and legislation has often contained contradictory strains. Although the primary focus has been on national laws and decisions, some of the readings clearly indicate the stakes that states, which are often affected disproportionately by such laws, have also had in this process.
About the author
John R. Vile is a Professor of Political Science and Dean of the University Honors College at Middle Tennessee State University. He has written extensively on matters related to the U.S. Constitutional Convention of 1787, the U.S. Constitution and its amendments, the constitutional amending process, early U.S. political history, and related topics. His previous books for Rowman & Littlefield include Essential Supreme Court Decisions: Summaries of Leading Cases in U.S. Constitutional Law (16th ed), The Writing and Ratification of the U.S. Constitution, A Companion to the United States Constitution and Its Amendments (5th ed.), and The Men Who Made the Constitution.
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