A Nation by Design

Immigration Policy in the Fashioning of America

Aristide R. Zolberg

  • 2007 Myers Center Outstanding Book Award Honorable Mention in Immigration, Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of Bigotry and Human Rights

Acknowledgments

1. Introduction

2. From Empire to Republic

3. An Acquisitive Upstart

4. The American System

5. Tocqueville's Footnote

6. Seward's Other Follies

7. "An Intelligent and Effective Restriction"

8. A Nation Like the Others

9. The Ambiguitites of Reform

10. The Elusive Quest of Coherence

11. Why the Gates Were not Shut

Conclusion: Natural Design in a Globalizing World

Appendix: Immigration Graphs

Notes

Index

  • Cover: A Nation by Design
  • A photo of the author

Aristide R. Zolberg is Walter Eberstadt Professor of Political Science at the New School for Social Research.