TY  - BOOK
AU  - Motomura,Hiroshi
TI  - Americans in waiting: the lost story of immigration and citizenship in the United States 
SN  - 9780195163452 (cloth : alk. paper)
AV  - JV6483 .M67 2006
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
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
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip065/2005036788.html
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0722/2005036788-d.html
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0722/2005036788-b.html
ER  -