Deportation Nation: Outsiders in American History by Daniel Kanstroom (English)

Description: FREE SHIPPING UK WIDE Deportation Nation by Daniel Kanstroom This book is a chilling history of communal self-idealization and self-protection. By illuminating the shadowy corners of American history, Kanstroom shows that deportation has long been a legal tool to control immigrants lives and is being used with increasing crudeness in a globalized but xenophobic world. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description The danger of deportation hangs over the head of virtually every noncitizen in the United States. In the complexities and inconsistencies of immigration law, one can find a reason to deport almost any noncitizen at almost any time. In recent years, the system has been used with unprecedented vigor against millions of deportees.We are a nation of immigrants--but which ones do we want, and what do we do with those that we dont? These questions have troubled American law and politics since colonial times. Deportation Nation is a chilling history of communal self-idealization and self-protection. The post-Revolutionary Alien and Sedition Laws, the Fugitive Slave laws, the Indian "removals," the Chinese Exclusion Act, the Palmer Raids, the internment of the Japanese Americans--all sought to remove those whose origins suggested they could never become "true" Americans. And for more than a century, millions of Mexicans have conveniently served as cheap labor, crossing a border that was not official until the early twentieth century and being sent back across it when they became a burden. By illuminating the shadowy corners of American history, Daniel Kanstroom shows that deportation has long been a legal tool to control immigrants lives and is used with increasing crudeness in a globalized but xenophobic world. Notes Kanstrooms legal and social history of deportation reveals the development of a second system within our immigration politics, one of exclusion and expulsion, in which few if any Constitutional protections exist. Kanstroomshows the connections between the deportation of aliens and other removal practices in American history; the warning out of the poor, native-Americans removal, and fugitive slave law-- and makes a powerful and unsettling argument about the uses and abuses of todays immigration system. -- Mae M. Ngai, Columbia University A brilliant study of a deportation system whose goals now include discretionary social control over millions of legal residents. Kanstroom masterfully marshals historical and contemporary evidence to show how our deportation system came about, and how it continues to subject legal residents to harsh treatment that would be unthinkable if applied to U.S. citizens. Both a devastating critique and a careful scholarly analysis, Deportation Nation should change the way we think about the legal treatment of noncitizens. -- Joseph William Singer, Harvard Law School Kanstroomunearths an important story, routinely neglected in our shared understanding of our heritage as a nation of immigrants, and he is a gifted story teller. America needs to heed these lessons as we take up another round of immigration reform. -- David A. Martin, University of Virginia Author Biography Daniel Kanstroom is Professor of Law, Thomas F. Carney Distinguished Scholar, and Director of the International Human Rights Program, Boston College, and an Associate Director of the Boston College Center for Human Rights and International Justice. Table of Contents Preface 1. Introduction 2. Antecedents Part 1: English Roots, Colonial Controls, and Criminal Transportation Part 2: The Alien and Sedition Acts-A "First Experiment" with Ideological Post-Entry Social Control Deportation Part 3: Indian Removal, African-American Exclusion, Fugitive Slave Laws, and "Colonization" 3. From Chinese Exclusion to Post-Entry Social Control: The Early Formation of the Modern Deportation System 4. The Second Wave: Expansion and Refinement of Modern Deportation Law 5. The Third Wave: The "War on Crime," Internment, Political Deportations, and Mass Mexican Removals, 1930-1964 6. Modern Problems of Deportation Law: Discretion, Jurisdiction Stripping, and Retroactivity, 1965-2005 Review Kanstrooms legal and social history of deportation reveals the development of a second system within our immigration politics, one of exclusion and expulsion, in which few if any Constitutional protections exist. Kanstroomshows the connections between the deportation of aliens and other removal practices in American history; the warning out of the poor, native-Americans removal, and fugitive slave law-- and makes a powerful and unsettling argument about the uses and abuses of todays immigration system. -- Mae M. Ngai, Columbia UniversityA brilliant study of a deportation system whose goals now include discretionary social control over millions of legal residents. Kanstroom masterfully marshals historical and contemporary evidence to show how our deportation system came about, and how it continues to subject legal residents to harsh treatment that would be unthinkable if applied to U.S.citizens. Both a devastating critique and a careful scholarly analysis, Deportation Nation should change the way we think about the legal treatment of noncitizens. -- Joseph William Singer, Harvard Law SchoolKanstroomunearths an important story, routinely neglected in our shared understanding of our heritage as a nation of immigrants, and he is a gifted story teller. America needs to heed these lessons as we take up another round of immigration reform. -- David A. Martin, University of VirginiaKanstroom is a committed advocate and a provocatively tendentious historian, not a detached policy analyst. This accounts for both the strengths and the limitations of his admirably accessible, well-written, and usefully endnoted book. It will be valuable to anyone who wants to understand the precursors of todays broad deportation power, as well as its evolution into an instrument of wide-ranging governmental power over the conduct, status, and insecurities of immigrants hoping to sink roots in the USA. -- Peter H. Schuck * Journal of International Migration and Integration *From the deportation of self-proclaimed anarchist Emma Goldman in 1919, to Attorney General Mitchell Palmers raids against alleged left-wing subversives in the 1920s, to the use of immigration laws against members of groups involved in organized crime and the Communist Party in later decades, and to the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II, Deportation Nation weaves a fascinating tale of the good, the bad, and the ugly sides of American immigration law. Kanstroom illustrates the governments selective use of immigration law, especially during periods of war and national emergencies...This is a timely book, and I highly recommend it. -- Bob Beer * Federal Lawyer *This is an ambitious, thought-provoking study. -- Elliott R. Barkan * American Historical Review *An ambitious reframing of the history of U.S. immigration law since colonial times. Making rich use of primary and secondary sources, this important book is both a work of legal history and an analysis of modern doctrine and policy. It examines the evolution of deportation as a system of "post-entry social control" that views noncitizens as "eternal guests" on "eternal probation." Kanstroom contrasts deportation as post-entry social control with a concept of deportation as extended border control that is limited to correcting mistakes in the admission process or enforcing the conditions of admission...Deportation Nation makes an invaluable contribution by bringing us to the brink of these questions about a fundamental aspect of justice in immigration, but leaves some of the answers for another day. -- Hiroshi Motomura * Law and History Review * Promotional Kanstrooms legal and social history of deportation reveals the development of a second system within our immigration politics, one of exclusion and expulsion, in which few if any Constitutional protections exist. Kanstroomshows the connections between the deportation of aliens and other removal practices in American history; the warning out of the poor, native-Americans removal, and fugitive slave law-- and makes a powerful and unsettling argument about the uses and abuses of todays immigration system. -- Mae M. Ngai, Columbia University A brilliant study of a deportation system whose goals now include discretionary social control over millions of legal residents. Kanstroom masterfully marshals historical and contemporary evidence to show how our deportation system came about, and how it continues to subject legal residents to harsh treatment that would be unthinkable if applied to U.S. citizens. Both a devastating critique and a careful scholarly analysis, Deportation Nation should change the way we think about the legal treatment of noncitizens. -- Joseph William Singer, Harvard Law School Kanstroomunearths an important story, routinely neglected in our shared understanding of our heritage as a nation of immigrants, and he is a gifted story teller. America needs to heed these lessons as we take up another round of immigration reform. -- David A. Martin, University of Virginia Review Quote This is an ambitious, thought-provoking study. Details ISBN0674046226 Author Daniel Kanstroom Short Title DEPORTATION NATION Publisher Harvard University Press Language English ISBN-10 0674046226 ISBN-13 9780674046221 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2010 Imprint Harvard University Press Subtitle Outsiders in American History Place of Publication Cambridge, Mass Country of Publication United States UK Release Date 2010-03-15 Publication Date 2010-03-15 NZ Release Date 2010-03-15 US Release Date 2010-03-15 Pages 352 DEWEY 342.73082 Audience Professional & Vocational AU Release Date 2010-03-14 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! 30 DAY RETURN POLICY No questions asked, 30 day returns! FREE DELIVERY No matter where you are in the UK, delivery is free. SECURE PAYMENT Peace of mind by paying through PayPal and eBay Buyer Protection TheNile_Item_ID:161735484;

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