Before 1882; the U.S. federal government had never formally deported anyone; but that year an act of Congress made Chinese workers the first group of immigrants eligible for deportation. Over the next forty years; lawmakers and judges expanded deportable categories to include prostitutes; anarchists; the sick; and various kinds of criminals. The history of that lengthening list shaped the policy options U.S. citizens continue to live with into the present.Deportation covers the uncertain beginnings of American deportation policy and recounts the halting and uncoordinated steps that were taken as it emerged from piecemeal actions in Congress and courtrooms across the country to become an established national policy by the 1920s. Usually viewed from within the nation; deportation policy also plays a part in geopolitics; deportees; after all; have to be sent somewhere. Studying deportations out of the United States as well as the deportation of U.S. citizens back to the United States from abroad; Torrie Hester illustrates that U.S. policy makers were part of a global trend that saw officials from nations around the world either revise older immigrant removal policies or create new ones.A history of immigration policy in the United States and the world; Deportation chronicles the unsystematic emergence of what has become an internationally recognized legal doctrine; the far-reaching impact of which has forever altered what it means to be an immigrant and a citizen.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. An immense resource for students of ancient pagan cultsBy Doug WelchBest one stop shop for texts; incantations; songs and other primary sources relating to the actual liturgies of ancient initiated cults. During the disastrous period of the Roman Crisis of the Third Century the official cult of traditional Olympian gods had fallen out of popularity and was widely augmented with if not replaced by the charismatic Mystery Schools; cults where members would be initiated through participating in a variety of rituals in order to feel like they were in the presence of the gods. Mithras; Isis and Osiris; the Orphic Cult; the Eleusinian Mysteries; it is all in here! The sources for this work include inscriptions; old papyri; ancient codices; rediscovered palimpsests and other odd out of the way sources of ancient knowledge.A word of warning! Novices in ancient paganism should not attempt to physically recreate the rituals in this book; the tauroboleum is particularly messy! Plus I don't know where you can get a bull. But seriously; this book is the best place to get your hands on the actual texts the ancients utilized in their quest to meet the divine. If you are really interested; this book will only make for more; deeper and better questions as to the nature of the cults that were obliterated by the adoption of Christianity and its own wave of vengeful intolerance as it permanently became the official state religion of Rome in the 380s.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. A good collection of ancient mystery-wisdom writings.By zencatIt is good to read and look back and see how the ancients were searching and discovering the archetypes that never stop emerging from our own depths-- from the psyche; the unconscious. By reading source material such as this we can easily trace the development of customs and ideas which in modern times some people claim are miraculous super-natural 'revelations'. This is good universal stuff. It happens everywhere for every racial and cultural group. The mysterious; sensed in our depths; glimpsed in our dreams; experienced in intuitive flashes and meditative visions; comes forth--appearing as rites and rituals and myths and symbols. And here in this fine book is a very good collection of some of the earliest writings attempting explanations and cultural fulfillments of the 'mysteries.'Not that much has changed. We humans are still quick to be fascinated by the 'miraculous'; the 'supernatural'; the 'right belief.' It's not right or wrong in my view; it's just who and what we are-- biological beings with ever evolving consciousness and a never ending fascination with the raptures of the deep.4 of 5 people found the following review helpful. Good History LessonBy AstaraVery well presented. The seeds of many of today's practicing religions can be found in the precepts of these early religions; but like another reviewer surmised; you won't find THESE stories taught in church! However; at that time in history; these tales and beliefs were just as engrained in the populace as are the "religions" practiced today. The things we call myths today weren't considered myths at all in antiquity; and I wonder if the things we are being taught today in churches won't be viewed as myths in the future. Warning! This book is only for the intelligent; open minded person.
