The guarded gate : bigotry, eugenics, and the law that kept two generations of Jews, Italians, and other European immigrants out of America
(2019)
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
344.48/OKRENT,D
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York : Scribner, 2019
EDITION
First Scribner hardcover edition
DESCRIPTION
xvi, 478 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9781476798035, 1476798036, 9781476798059, 1476798052
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Prologue : Ellis Island, 1925 -- 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! -- 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