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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Bavery provides new insights to her readers by examining a so far neglected area and group, in a little studied era within the field of immigration scholarship. Even if with a north-south and ethnic European-Hispanic shift after World War II, in many ways 100 years later we seem to be back to the same debates often fueled by nativist chords in the 'nation of immigrants.' Johnson Bavery shows how important it could be to look back and learn from the past, and she offers an attractive, well-researched, and engagingly written book for this purpose." * Hungarian Journal of English and American Studies *
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Bootlegged Aliens helps us rethink how boundaries of citizenship shifted as the welfare state expanded. Ashley Johnson Bavery challenges the common conception that the nativism of the 1920s was largely an outgrowth of right-wing reactionary politics and demonstrates how left-wing politics of the 1920s and 1930s likewise helped build the foundation for nativist sentiments." * Holly M. Karibo, author of
Sin City North: Sex, Drugs, and Citizenship in the Detroit-Windsor Borderland *
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Bootlegged Aliens is an engagingly written history of U.S. immigration policy centered on the experiences of southern and eastern European immigrants in Detroit in the 1920s and 1930s, with special attention to Detroit's position on the U.S.-Canadian border. It appeals to not only scholars but also anyone interested in American urban and immigration history." * Tracy Neumann, author of
Remaking the Rust Belt: The Postindustrial Transformation of North America *
Table of ContentsList of Abbreviations
Introduction
Chapter 1. "Illegal Immigrants" in an Industrial Borderland
Chapter 2. Defining Undesirables and Protesting Quotas
Chapter 3. The Problem of Canadian Day Laborers
Chapter 4. Reform, Repatriation, and Deportation During the Depression
Chapter 5. Registering Immigrants in the Depression Era
Chapter 6. The Immigrant Politics of Anticommunism
Chapter 7. Aliens and Welfare in North America
Conclusion. The Legacy of Restrictive Immigration
Notes
Index
Acknowledgments
