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Book SynopsisExploring an array of intimacies between global migrants, this title illuminates a transient world of heterogeneous social relations - dignified, collaborative, and illicit. It reveals the intersections between capitalism, the state's treatment of immigrants, sexual citizenship, and racism in the first half of the twentieth century.
Trade Review"Brilliant... [Shah's] lucid prose, vivid stories, and gripping analysis make it a great read for both academic and general audiences." -- Julia Camacho (University of Texas, El Paso) H-Net Reviews "Show how the history of even a small (in numerical terms) minority has important implications for the ways in which all Americans understand the parameters of citizenship." Southern California Quarterly "An important contribution to the forging of a more complete and inclusive history of the North American West." -- Andrea Geiger, Simon Fraser University Jrnl Of American History
Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction PART I. Migration, Capitalism, and Stranger Intimacy 1. Passion, Violence, and Asserting Honor 2. Policing Strangers and Borderlands 3. Rural Dependency and Intimate Tensions PART II. Intimacy, Law, and Legitimacy 4. Legal Borderlands of Age and Gender 5. Intimate Ties and State Legitimacy PART III. Membership and Nation-States 6. Regulating Intimacy and Immigration 7. Strangers to Citizenship Conclusion: Estrangement and Belonging Notes Select Bibliography Index
