Immigration and the American Ethos

by Morris Levy, Matthew Wright, Matthew Wright

Book Overview

What do Americans want from immigration policy and why? In the rise of a polarized and acrimonious immigration debate, leading accounts see racial anxieties and disputes over the meaning of American nationhood coming to a head. The resurgence of parochial identities has breathed new life into old worries about the vulnerability of the American Creed. This book tells a different story, one in which creedal values remain hard at work in shaping ordinary...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108738877
• ISBN13: 9781108738873
• Release Date: January 2020
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"