Not Just Black and White: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on Immigration, Race, and Ethnicity in the United States
TA Guglielmo - 2005 - academic.oup.com
This book provides a provocative and timely analysis of how the evolution of US immigration
policy reflects an enduring struggle over who ought to be embraced into full membership in
the social, economic, and political life of the nation. Bill Ong Hing argues that the history of
American immigration policy formation and implementation exemplifies a tension between a
broad vision of nationhood that welcomes diverse newcomers and a narrow vision that
“idealized the true American as white, Anglo-Saxon, English-speaking, and Christian”(p. 5) …
policy reflects an enduring struggle over who ought to be embraced into full membership in
the social, economic, and political life of the nation. Bill Ong Hing argues that the history of
American immigration policy formation and implementation exemplifies a tension between a
broad vision of nationhood that welcomes diverse newcomers and a narrow vision that
“idealized the true American as white, Anglo-Saxon, English-speaking, and Christian”(p. 5) …
Not Just Black and White: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on Immigration, Race, and Ethnicity in the United States
MY Danico - 2005 - journals.sagepub.com
Nancy Foner and George Fredrickson have assembled an impressive group of historians,
political scientists, and sociologists to discuss the fluidity of race and ethnicity in the United
States. In particular, the editors focus on immigrants from two waves, those who arrived from
1881 to 1930, and those who arrived from 1965 to 2000. By capturing the sociocultural
experiences of these two waves, the editors give the reader a broader understanding of the
fluidity of race and simultaneously embark on a debate over the salience of race and …
political scientists, and sociologists to discuss the fluidity of race and ethnicity in the United
States. In particular, the editors focus on immigrants from two waves, those who arrived from
1881 to 1930, and those who arrived from 1965 to 2000. By capturing the sociocultural
experiences of these two waves, the editors give the reader a broader understanding of the
fluidity of race and simultaneously embark on a debate over the salience of race and …
Not Just Black and White: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on Immigration, Race, and Ethnicity in the United States
DA Hollinger - 2005 - JSTOR
Rarely does a conference volume succeed as well as this one does in bringing together the
latest and best work in a given, specific area of scholarship. Nancy Foner and George
Fredrickson have edited seventeen papers based on a confer ence held in March 2002.
Although Not Just Black and White is stronger on its empirical than on its theoretical side, it
is the most valuable single collection that deals with the sprawling domain flagged by its
subtitle: Historical and Con temporary Perspectives on Immigration, Race, and Ethnicity in …
latest and best work in a given, specific area of scholarship. Nancy Foner and George
Fredrickson have edited seventeen papers based on a confer ence held in March 2002.
Although Not Just Black and White is stronger on its empirical than on its theoretical side, it
is the most valuable single collection that deals with the sprawling domain flagged by its
subtitle: Historical and Con temporary Perspectives on Immigration, Race, and Ethnicity in …
Not Just Black and White: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on Immigration, Race, and Ethnicity in the United States
LM Cooks - 2006 - JSTOR
Is the United States an immigrant nation or a nation of immigrants? The question raises vast
differences in the roles of history and policy in the formation of the United States and notions
of who is/is not a US citizen. Indeed, the ten-sions raised by the role of immigrants and
immigration in the conceptualization of the United States are intimately connected to the
construction of race and ethnicity in that history. The authors featured in the edited volume
Not Just Black and White explore a diverse range of historical and sociological analyses of …
differences in the roles of history and policy in the formation of the United States and notions
of who is/is not a US citizen. Indeed, the ten-sions raised by the role of immigrants and
immigration in the conceptualization of the United States are intimately connected to the
construction of race and ethnicity in that history. The authors featured in the edited volume
Not Just Black and White explore a diverse range of historical and sociological analyses of …