The Diplomacy of Migration: Transnational Lives and the Making of U.S.-Chinese Relations in the Cold War

by Meredith Oyen

During the Cold War, both Chinese and American officials employed a wide range of migration policies and practices to pursue legitimacy, security, and prestige. They focused on allowing or restricting immigration, assigning refugee status, facilitating student exchanges, and enforcing deportations. The Diplomacy of Migration focuses on the role these practices played in the relationship between the United States and the Republic of China...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1501700146
• ISBN13: 9781501700149
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher