TY  - BOOK
AU  - Motomura,Hiroshi
ED  - ebrary, Inc.
TI  - Americans in waiting: the lost story of immigration and citizenship in the United States 
AV  - JV6483 .M67 2006eb
U1  - 325.73 22
PY  - 2006///
CY  - Oxford, New York
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Immigrants
KW  - United States
KW  - Citizenship
KW  - Emigration and immigration
KW  - Government policy
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-242) and index; Introduction: immigrants in America -- Contract and classical immigration law -- Promises, promises -- All persons within the territorial jurisdiction -- Alienage and the ties that bind -- The most tender connections -- The lost story of Americans-in-waiting -- Transition at a crossroads -- The meaning of transition -- Race, belonging, and transition -- Taking transition seriously -- Conclusion : the idea of Americans-in-waiting -- Notes; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2013; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries
UR  - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=10160631
ER  -