The guarded gate bigotry, eugenics, and the law that kept two generations of Jews, Italians, and other European immigrants out of America
"From Pulitzer Prize finalist Daniel Okrent, the definitive and timely account of a forgotten dark chapter of American history. The Guarded Gate tells the story of the scientists who provided the intellectual justification for the harshest immigration law in American history and the men who tur...
| Main Author: | Okrent, Daniel, 1948- (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Scribner,
2019.
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| Edition: | First Scribner hardcover edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Prologue: Ellis Island, 1925
- Part I: Enough! Enough! We want no more!. The future betterment of the human race ; Thrifty, capable Yankee blood ; The warfare of the cradle ; The kindled fire ; Short, sober, musical rapists ; To hell with Jews, Jesuits, and steamships!
- Part II: The perfect weapons of science. 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
- Epilogue: Liberty Island, 1965.