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Culling the Masses
The Democratic Origins of Racist Immigration Policy in the Americas
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David Scott FitzGerald
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With contributions by:
Angela S. García
Language:
English
Published/Copyright:
2014
About this book
Culling the Masses questions the view that democracy and racism cannot coexist. Based on records from 22 countries 1790-2010, it offers a history of the rise and fall of racial selection in the Western Hemisphere, showing that democracies were first to select immigrants by race, and undemocratic states first to outlaw discrimination.
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FitzGerald David Scott :
David Scott FitzGerald is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of California, San Diego.Cook-Martín David :
David Cook-Martín is Associate Professor of Sociology at Grinnell College.
Reviews
Culling the Masses is a book of impressive analytical and empirical scope. It consists of truly comparative cross-national research and analysis, examining immigration politics and policy in no fewer than six countries in the Americas: Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Cuba, Mexico, and the United States. It asks important questions about the troubling relationship between racism and democracy. Specifically, it addresses two significant puzzles: why did immigration policy come under the spell of eugenics in the first decades of the twentieth century—and how did an anti-racist turn emerge in later decades, first in the weaker and more authoritarian nations of the Americas before finding its way to the stronger and more liberal-democratic regimes, Canada and the United States? A must read for anyone interested in race, immigration, and democratization.
-- Daniel J. Tichenor, University of Oregon
-- Daniel J. Tichenor, University of Oregon
The first book to offer a truly hemispheric and historical perspective on immigration policy. It also offers a high level of analytical integration. It is impressively and delightfully erudite, written with elegance, and argued with both subtlety and vigor.
-- José C. Moya, Barnard College of Columbia University
-- José C. Moya, Barnard College of Columbia University
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Publishing information
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eBook published on:
April 22, 2014
eBook ISBN:
9780674369665
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
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511
Other:
7 graphs, 8 tables
eBook ISBN:
9780674369665
Audience(s) for this book
College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
