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Americans in waiting [electronic resource] : the lost story of immigration and citizenship in the United States / Hiroshi Motomura.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.Description: viii, 254 pSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 325.73 22
LOC classification:
  • JV6483 .M67 2006
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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.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-242) and index.

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.

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