Americans at the gate : the United States and refugees during the Cold War / Carl J. Bon Tempo.

Author: Bon Tempo, Carl J. (Carl Joseph)

Imprint:Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2008.

Descriptionxii, 264 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Note:Introduction : Americans at the gate -- "The age of the uprooted man" : the United States and refugees, 1900-1952 -- "A mystic maze of enforcement" : the refugee relief program -- "From Hungary, new Americans" : the United States and Hungarian refugees -- "Half a loaf" : the failure of refugee policy and law reform, 1957-1965 -- "They are proud people" : the United States and refugees from Cuba, 1959-1966 -- "The soul of our sense of nationhood" : human rights and refugees in the 1970s -- Reform and retrenchment : the Refugee Act of 1980 and the Reagan administration's refugee policies -- Epilogue : the United States and refugees after the Cold War.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-256) and index.

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