{"product_id":"culling-the-masses-9780674729049","title":"Culling the Masses","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCulling the Masses\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCulling the Masses\u003c\/i\u003e 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\u003cbr\u003eThe 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","brand":"Harvard University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403606204759,"sku":"9780674729049","price":46.36,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/culling-the-masses-9780674729049","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}