&quote;[This book] provides valuable background for the establishment of twenty-first century employment policy. It is a well-written and cogent corrective for some common misconceptions about the forces transforming the Full Employment bill of 1945 into the Employment Act of 1946, as well as for advocates' tendency to underestimate the importance of legislation that, in their view, is less than perfect.&quote;-Ray Marshall, University of Texas; former Secretary of Labor

Scholars, journalists, and policymakers have long argued that the 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act dramatically reshaped the demographic composition of the United States. In A Nation of Immigrants Reconsidered, leading scholars of immigration explore how the political and ideological struggles of the "age of restriction"--from 1924 to 1965--paved the way for the changes to come. The essays examine how geopolitics, civil rights, perceptions of America's role as a humanitarian s...