The Resource One mighty and irresistible tide : the epic struggle over American immigration, 1924-1965, Jia Lynn Yang
One mighty and irresistible tide : the epic struggle over American immigration, 1924-1965, Jia Lynn Yang
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The item One mighty and irresistible tide : the epic struggle over American immigration, 1924-1965, Jia Lynn Yang represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Jacksonville Public Library.
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- Summary
- "A sweeping history of the legislative battle to reform American immigration laws that set the stage for the immigration debates roiling America today. The idea of the United States as a nation of immigrants is today so pervasive, and seems so foundational, that it can be hard to believe Americans ever thought otherwise. But a 1924 law passed by Congress instituted a system of ethnic quotas so stringent that it choked off large-scale immigration for decades, sharply curtailing immigration from southern and eastern Europe and outright banning people from nearly all of Asia. In a compelling narrative with a fascinating cast of characters, Jia Lynn Yang recounts how a small number of lawmakers, activists, and presidents worked relentlessly for the next forty years to abolish the 1924 law and its quotas. Their efforts established the new mythology of the United States as "a nation of immigrants" that is so familiar to all of us now. Through a world war, a global refugee crisis, and a McCarthyist fever that swept the country, these Americans never stopped trying to restore the United States to a country that lived up to its vision as a home for "the huddled masses" from Emma Lazarus's famous poem. When the 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act, one of the most transformative laws in the country's history, ended the country's system of racial preferences among immigrants, it opened the door to Asian, Latin American, African, and Middle Eastern migration at levels never seen before-paving the way for America's modern immigration trends in ways those who debated it could hardly have imagined"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 324 pages
- Contents
-
- "God's crucible"
- Slamming the door
- A "tragic bottleneck"
- "A land of great responsibilities"
- A son of Nevada
- Internal security
- An Irish Brahmin
- A bold proposal
- A martyr's cause
- Isbn
- 9780393635843
- Label
- One mighty and irresistible tide : the epic struggle over American immigration, 1924-1965
- Title
- One mighty and irresistible tide
- Title remainder
- the epic struggle over American immigration, 1924-1965
- Statement of responsibility
- Jia Lynn Yang
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "A sweeping history of the legislative battle to reform American immigration laws that set the stage for the immigration debates roiling America today. The idea of the United States as a nation of immigrants is today so pervasive, and seems so foundational, that it can be hard to believe Americans ever thought otherwise. But a 1924 law passed by Congress instituted a system of ethnic quotas so stringent that it choked off large-scale immigration for decades, sharply curtailing immigration from southern and eastern Europe and outright banning people from nearly all of Asia. In a compelling narrative with a fascinating cast of characters, Jia Lynn Yang recounts how a small number of lawmakers, activists, and presidents worked relentlessly for the next forty years to abolish the 1924 law and its quotas. Their efforts established the new mythology of the United States as "a nation of immigrants" that is so familiar to all of us now. Through a world war, a global refugee crisis, and a McCarthyist fever that swept the country, these Americans never stopped trying to restore the United States to a country that lived up to its vision as a home for "the huddled masses" from Emma Lazarus's famous poem. When the 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act, one of the most transformative laws in the country's history, ended the country's system of racial preferences among immigrants, it opened the door to Asian, Latin American, African, and Middle Eastern migration at levels never seen before-paving the way for America's modern immigration trends in ways those who debated it could hardly have imagined"--
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- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- LBSOR/DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Yang, Jia Lynn
- Dewey number
- 325.73
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- JV6455
- LC item number
- .Y34 2020
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Emigration and immigration law
- Immigrants
- United States
- Label
- One mighty and irresistible tide : the epic struggle over American immigration, 1924-1965, Jia Lynn Yang
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- "God's crucible" -- Slamming the door -- A "tragic bottleneck" -- "A land of great responsibilities" -- A son of Nevada -- Internal security -- An Irish Brahmin -- A bold proposal -- A martyr's cause
- Control code
- on1120099419
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 324 pages
- Isbn
- 9780393635843
- Lccn
- 2019050475
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) o1120099419
- (OCoLC)1120099419
- Label
- One mighty and irresistible tide : the epic struggle over American immigration, 1924-1965, Jia Lynn Yang
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- "God's crucible" -- Slamming the door -- A "tragic bottleneck" -- "A land of great responsibilities" -- A son of Nevada -- Internal security -- An Irish Brahmin -- A bold proposal -- A martyr's cause
- Control code
- on1120099419
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 324 pages
- Isbn
- 9780393635843
- Lccn
- 2019050475
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) o1120099419
- (OCoLC)1120099419
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