- Introduction
- I. Immigrant America
- Immigration and American Political Development
- A Less Intelligent Class? The Dillingham Commission and the New Immigrants
- II. Defining Americans
- “The Fire of Patriotism”: Americanization and U.S. Identity
- “Frequent Skimmings of the Dross”: Building an American Race?
- “A Very Serious National Menace”: Eugenics and Immigration
- III. Legislating Americans
- Enacting National Origins: The Johnson-Reed Immigration Act (1924)
- “A Slur on Our Citizenry”: Dismantling National Origins: The 1965 Act
- IV. Legacies
- After Americanization: Ethnic Politics and Multiculturalism
- The Diverse Democracy
- Appendix
- Notes
- Index


Making Americans
Immigration, Race, and the Origins of the Diverse Democracy
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$50.00 • £40.95 • €45.00
ISBN 9780674008120
Publication Date: 06/15/2002