TY - BOOK AU - Okrent,Daniel TI - The guarded gate: bigotry, eugenics, and the law that kept two generations of Jews, Italians, and other European immigrants out of America SN - 9781476798035 AV - KF 3832 .O39 2019 PY - 2019///] CY - New York PB - Scribner KW - Eugenics KW - Law and legislation KW - United States KW - History KW - Sterilization (Birth control) KW - Discrimination in medical care KW - Human reproduction KW - Emigration and immigration law N1 - 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 ER -