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The guarded gate : bigotry, eugenics, and the law that kept two generations of Jews, Italians, and other European immigrants out of America / Daniel Okrent.
Publisher: New York : Scribner, [2019]Description: xvi, 478 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781476798035
- 1476798036
- Eugenics -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History
- Sterilization (Birth control) -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History
- Discrimination in medical care -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History
- Human reproduction -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History
- Emigration and immigration law -- United States -- History
- KF 3832 .O39 2019
Contents:
The future betterment of the human race -- Thrifty, capable yankee blood -- Warfare of the cradle -- The kindled fire -- Short, sober, musical rapists -- To hell with Jews, Jesuits, and steamships! -- Heaven-sent madison grant -- A carnival of exclusion -- The coming of the quota -- Science is our polestar -- 6,346,856 inferior immigrants -- Without foundation -- The train of consequences.
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American University in Dubai | American University in Dubai | Non-fiction | Main Collection | KF 3832 .O39 2019 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | c20039947 |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 403-451) and index.
The future betterment of the human race -- Thrifty, capable yankee blood -- Warfare of the cradle -- The kindled fire -- Short, sober, musical rapists -- To hell with Jews, Jesuits, and steamships! -- Heaven-sent madison grant -- A carnival of exclusion -- The coming of the quota -- Science is our polestar -- 6,346,856 inferior immigrants -- Without foundation -- The train of consequences.
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