According to the national mythology, the United States has long
opened its doors to people from across the globe, providing a port
in a storm and opportunity for any who seek it. Yet the history of
immigration to the United States is far different. Even before the
xenophobic reaction against European and Asian immigrants in the
late nineteenth century, social and economic interest groups worked
to manipulate immigration policy to serve their needs. In "A Nation
by Design," Aristide Zolberg explores American immigration policy
from the colonial period to the present, discussing how it has been
used as a tool of nation building.
"A Nation by Design" argues that the engineering of immigration
policy has been prevalent since early American history. However, it
has gone largely unnoticed since it took place primarily on the
local and state levels, owing to constitutional limits on federal
power during the slavery era. Zolberg profiles the vacillating
currents of opinion on immigration throughout American history,
examining separately the roles played by business interests, labor
unions, ethnic lobbies, and nativist ideologues in shaping policy.
He then examines how three different types of migration--legal
migration, illegal migration to fill low-wage jobs, and
asylum-seeking--are shaping contemporary arguments over immigration
to the United States.
"A Nation by Design" is a thorough, authoritative account of
American immigration history and the political and social factors
that brought it about. With rich detail and impeccable scholarship,
Zolberg's book shows how America has struggled to shape the
immigration process to construct the kind of population it
desires.
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