Americans in waiting : the lost story of immigration and citizenship in the United States /
Motomura, Hiroshi, 1953-
Americans in waiting : the lost story of immigration and citizenship in the United States / Hiroshi Motomura. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006. - viii, 254 p. ; 25 cm.
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.
9780195163452 (cloth : alk. paper) 0195163451 (cloth : alk. paper)
2005036788
Immigrants--United States.
Citizenship--United States.
United States--Emigration and immigration--Government policy.
JV6483 / .M67 2006
325.73
Americans in waiting : the lost story of immigration and citizenship in the United States / Hiroshi Motomura. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006. - viii, 254 p. ; 25 cm.
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.
9780195163452 (cloth : alk. paper) 0195163451 (cloth : alk. paper)
2005036788
Immigrants--United States.
Citizenship--United States.
United States--Emigration and immigration--Government policy.
JV6483 / .M67 2006
325.73