{"product_id":"the-qualities-of-a-citizen-women-immigration-and-citizenship-18701965-9780691144436","title":"The Qualities of a Citizen  Women Immigration and","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTraces the application of US immigration and naturalization law to women from the 1870s to the late 1960s. This book explores how racialized, gendered, and historical anxieties shaped our understandings of the histories of immigrant women.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Martha Gardner's full and richly detailed book ... is an insightful analysis of the application of United States immigration and citizenship law to women across a broad spectrum of classes and races between 1870 and the late 1960s... Gardner's devotion to her sources, evident in the stunning details she provides, makes the history come alive.\"--Beatrice McKenzie, Journal of American Ethnic History\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the Shadow of the Law 1      PART I: Wives, Mothers, and Maids     Chapter One: Immigrants, Citizens, and Marriage 13  Chapter Two: The Limits of Derivative Citizenship 31  Chapter Three: Seeing Difference 50  Chapter Four: Constructing a Moral Border 73  Chapter Five: Likely to Become 87  Chapter Six: Toil and Trouble 100      PART II: Citizens, Residents, and Non-Americans     Chapter Seven: When Americans Are Not Citizens 121  Chapter Eight: When Citizens Are Not White 139  Chapter Nine: Reproducing the Nation 157  Chapter Ten: Women in Need 176  Chapter Eleven: At Work in the Nation 199      PART III: Marriage, Family, and the Law     Chapter Twelve: Families, Made in America 223  Chapter Thirteen: Marriage and Morality 240  Conclusion: Regulating Belonging 254  A Brief Guide to Archival Sources 257  Acknowledgments 261  Index 263","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403772305751,"sku":"9780691144436","price":28.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691144436.jpg?v=1730484498","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-qualities-of-a-citizen-women-immigration-and-citizenship-18701965-9780691144436","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}