Americans in waiting the lost story of immigration and citizenship in the United States

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Motomura, Hiroshi, 1953- (-)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press 2006.
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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.