The Qualities of a Citizen traces the application of U.S. immigration and naturalization law to women from the 1870s to the late 1960s. Like no other book before; it explores how racialized; gendered; and historical anxieties shaped our current understandings of the histories of immigrant women. The book takes us from the first federal immigration restrictions against Asian prostitutes in the 1870s to the immigration "reform" measures of the late 1960s. Throughout this period; topics such as morality; family; marriage; poverty; and nationality structured historical debates over women's immigration and citizenship. At the border; women immigrants; immigration officials; social service providers; and federal judges argued the grounds on which women would be included within the nation. As interview transcripts and court documents reveal; when; where; and how women were welcomed into the country depended on their racial status; their roles in the family; and their work skills. Gender and race mattered. The book emphasizes the comparative nature of racial ideologies in which the inclusion of one group often came with the exclusion of another. It explores how U.S. officials insisted on the link between race and gender in understanding America's peculiar brand of nationalism. It also serves as a social history of the law; detailing women's experiences and strategies; successes and failures; to belong to the nation.
#411855 in Books Princeton University Press 2006-07-23Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.18 x .75 x 6.14l; 1.12 #File Name: 0691128022352 pages
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. one of the best analyses of the efficacy of military power I have ...By Anton MoscovitchAn extremely important book; one of the best analyses of the efficacy of military power I have encountered. The author argues convincingly that the crucial variable determining the outcome of battles is not so much the difference in power or the difference in weaponry; etc. but the espousal of the "modern doctrine". A detailed evaluation of the outcome of Operation Michael and even more so the unexpected and counterintuitive outcome of Operation Goodwood bears out the author's claims.14 of 15 people found the following review helpful. Provocative; Brillant and ControversialBy Terry TuckerProf Terry Tucker; Senior Doctrine Developer; Saudi Arabian NG Modernization Program; The author presents a balanced; provocative and well presented case for how victory or defeat occurs in battle. This book is designed for both the tecnical numbers kind of person and also the less technical. The chapters can be read as a stand alone or you can also go through the entire book. Either way it has immense value.The thesis of this book is that force employment; or the doctrine and tactics by which forces are used in combat is centrally important. This book is great reading; is controversial in its presentation but clearly provides both empirical and quantitative analysis to support his position. THIS BOOK IS A MUST READ.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Military Powe by Stephen Biddle is a complex analysis; based on history.By Mark HammondI was a history major in college and am a Vietnam-era veteran. Dr Biddle's work is perhaps too complex for most other than professional soldiers or academics; but it gave me an insight into our armed forces and into the involvement of the United States in the various wars during the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. This is a book that involves both strategy and international relations. I think it would be of interest to military professionals (Biddle was on the faculty of the U. S. Army War College in Carlisle; PA); historians; academics; and those interested in international relations.
