The Epic Struggle Over American Immigration, 19241965
by Jia Lynn Yang
Recommended by Nick Gillespie
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The idea of the United States as a nation of immigrants is at the core of the American narrative. But in 1924, Congress instituted a system of ethnic quotas so stringent that it choked off largescale immigration for decades, sharply curtailing arrivals from southern and eastern Europe and outright banning those from nearly all of Asia.In a rivetin...
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Recommended by 1 source and appears in American History, Politics, and History.
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Nick Gillespie
“Learn all about the mid'60s immigration reforms that changed America but have gone largely unanalyzed. With @nytimes' @jialynnyang, whose book One Mighty and Irresistible Tide is a masterpiece. Podcast. @reason”
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