The Guarded Gate
Bigotry, Eugenics and the Law That Kept Two Generations of Jews, Italians, and Other European Immigrants Out of America
by Daniel Okrent
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“A gripping account of a dark wave in American history. | Fascinating review of an important book. 'The Guarded Gate' thoroughly documents the depth & breadth of American eugenics projects. Like Prohibition it was a movement propelled by elites who were animated by class prejudice | Interesting books on culture and society I've read recently. I don't necessarily agree with any of them, but they're all useful and informative. >”
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Recommended by 5 sources and appears in Most Recommended Books, Politics, and History.
NAMED ONE OF THE “100 NOTABLE BOOKS OF THE YEAR” BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW From the widely celebrated New York Times bestselling author of Last Call—this “rigorously historical” (The Washington Post) and timely account of how the rise of eugenics helped America keep out “inferiors” in the 1920s is “a sobering, valuable contribution to discu...
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“A gripping account of a dark wave in American history. | Fascinating review of an important book. 'The Guarded Gate' thoroughly documents the depth & breadth of American eugenics projects. Like Prohibition it was a movement propelled by elites who were animated by class prejudice | Interesting books on culture and society I've read recently. I don't necessarily agree with any of them, but they're all useful and informative. >”
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