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Unbecoming Americans : writing race and nation from the shadows of citizenship, 1945-1960 /

"During the Cold War, Ellis Island no longer served as the largest port of entry for immigrants, but as a prison for holding aliens the state wished to deport. The government criminalized those it considered un-assimilable (from left-wing intellectuals and black radicals to racialized migrant l...

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Main Author:	Keith, Joseph
Corporate Authors:	American Literatures Initiative, Ebook Library
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, [2013]
Subjects:	American literature > Minority authors > History and criticism. Immigrants' writings, American > History and criticism. Citizenship in literature. Race in literature. American literature > 20th century > History and criticism. American literature > 20th century > History and criticism. American literature > Minority authors > History and criticism. Immigrants' writings, American > History and criticism. Electronic books.
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