Research Catalog

Title

Guarding the gates : immigration and national security / Michael C. LeMay.

Author

LeMay, Michael C., 1941-

Publication

Westport, Conn. : Praeger Security International, 2006.

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Details

Description

xiv, 323 p. : ill.; 25 cm.

Summary

"This is the first history of American immigration policy written in the post-9/11 environment to focus specifically on the role of national security considerations in determining that policy."--Jacket.

Subject

• USA Government
• USA / Regierung
• National security > United States
• United States > Emigration and immigration > History
• United States > Emigration and immigration > Government policy

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-305) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Tables, figures, and boxes -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. An overview of U.S. immigration policy -- 2. The open-door cycle, 1820-1880 -- 3. The door-ajar cycle, 1880-1920 -- 4. The pet-door cycle, 1920-1960 -- 5. The Dutch-door cycle, 1960-1990 -- 6. The storm-door cycle, 1990-? -- 7. Conclusion -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index.

ISBN

• 0275992942 (alk. paper)
• 9780275992941 (alk. paper)

LCCN

• ^^2006021401
• 9780275992941

OCLC

• 70219966
• SCSB-9879630

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library