Struggles over immigrants' language :: literacy tests in the United States, 1917-1966 /
Oh argues that the introduction of literacy tests influenced both the possibility of immigrant admission to the United States and the exercise of suffrage. The Literacy Test Act of 1917 was the first national language restriction on immigration and was used as a means of excluding?undesirable? lingu...
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| Zusammenfassung: | Oh argues that the introduction of literacy tests influenced both the possibility of immigrant admission to the United States and the exercise of suffrage. The Literacy Test Act of 1917 was the first national language restriction on immigration and was used as a means of excluding?undesirable? linguistic minorities. Focusing on New York State, Oh shows how literacy tests were used to preserve the political hegemony. She argues that linguistic assimilation carried different meanings for different people. For Europeans, it meant swifter assimilation into American society, while for non-whites i. |
| Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (vii, 174 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781593325329 1593325320 1593324774 9781593324773 |
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| 505 | 0 | |a Acknowledgments; Introduction; CHAPTER 1: The Beginning of Federal Language Restriction: The Literacy Test Act of 1917; Still Open Door Mixed with Ethnocentric National Identity; Toward Immigration Restriction: Redefining Americans; The Literacy Test Act: A Product of Long Lasting Political Discourses in the Divided Government; CHAPTER 2: Applications and Challenges: Immigrants and the Administrators; The Implications of the Literacy Test Act; The Ambiguity of the Law and Its Discretionary Administration; Challenging the Arbitrary Administration of the Literacy Test | |
| 505 | 8 | |a CHAPTER 3: Power Politics in Implementing Immigration Policy: Congress and the Bureau Of Immigration Immigration Legislation and the Extent of Administrative Powers; Congressional Power and Dehumanizing Administration; Illegal Immigrants: A Consequence of the Conflict between Legislation and Administration; CHAPTER 4: The Literacy Tests and the National Quota Immigration Policies; The National Quota Immigration Act of 1924: Ongoing History of the Literacy Test; To Redefine a "White" America: Congress, the courts, and the states; American Citizen Yes, Voter No: Double Allegiance to State and Nation | |
| 505 | 8 | |a English as a Test of Being a Good American Citizen CHAPTER 5: The English Literacy Test in New York State: An Added Way of Making a "White" America; The English Literacy Test Election law of 1921 in New York State and Its Implications; A Step Towards Uniqueness: The 1923 Amendment; Two Kinds of Assimilation: Intended and Unintended Consequences; CHAPTER 6: Conclusion; Bibliography; Index | |
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| contents | Acknowledgments; Introduction; CHAPTER 1: The Beginning of Federal Language Restriction: The Literacy Test Act of 1917; Still Open Door Mixed with Ethnocentric National Identity; Toward Immigration Restriction: Redefining Americans; The Literacy Test Act: A Product of Long Lasting Political Discourses in the Divided Government; CHAPTER 2: Applications and Challenges: Immigrants and the Administrators; The Implications of the Literacy Test Act; The Ambiguity of the Law and Its Discretionary Administration; Challenging the Arbitrary Administration of the Literacy Test CHAPTER 3: Power Politics in Implementing Immigration Policy: Congress and the Bureau Of Immigration Immigration Legislation and the Extent of Administrative Powers; Congressional Power and Dehumanizing Administration; Illegal Immigrants: A Consequence of the Conflict between Legislation and Administration; CHAPTER 4: The Literacy Tests and the National Quota Immigration Policies; The National Quota Immigration Act of 1924: Ongoing History of the Literacy Test; To Redefine a "White" America: Congress, the courts, and the states; American Citizen Yes, Voter No: Double Allegiance to State and Nation English as a Test of Being a Good American Citizen CHAPTER 5: The English Literacy Test in New York State: An Added Way of Making a "White" America; The English Literacy Test Election law of 1921 in New York State and Its Implications; A Step Towards Uniqueness: The 1923 Amendment; Two Kinds of Assimilation: Intended and Unintended Consequences; CHAPTER 6: Conclusion; Bibliography; Index |
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| spelling | Oh, Young-In, 1970- https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjHyhxM8QmKqHmm34XrpKb http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2011084418 Struggles over immigrants' language : literacy tests in the United States, 1917-1966 / Young-In Oh. El Paso : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2012. 1 online resource (vii, 174 pages) : illustrations text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier data file rda The new Americans : recent immigration and American society Includes bibliographical references and index. Oh argues that the introduction of literacy tests influenced both the possibility of immigrant admission to the United States and the exercise of suffrage. The Literacy Test Act of 1917 was the first national language restriction on immigration and was used as a means of excluding?undesirable? linguistic minorities. Focusing on New York State, Oh shows how literacy tests were used to preserve the political hegemony. She argues that linguistic assimilation carried different meanings for different people. For Europeans, it meant swifter assimilation into American society, while for non-whites i. Acknowledgments; Introduction; CHAPTER 1: The Beginning of Federal Language Restriction: The Literacy Test Act of 1917; Still Open Door Mixed with Ethnocentric National Identity; Toward Immigration Restriction: Redefining Americans; The Literacy Test Act: A Product of Long Lasting Political Discourses in the Divided Government; CHAPTER 2: Applications and Challenges: Immigrants and the Administrators; The Implications of the Literacy Test Act; The Ambiguity of the Law and Its Discretionary Administration; Challenging the Arbitrary Administration of the Literacy Test CHAPTER 3: Power Politics in Implementing Immigration Policy: Congress and the Bureau Of Immigration Immigration Legislation and the Extent of Administrative Powers; Congressional Power and Dehumanizing Administration; Illegal Immigrants: A Consequence of the Conflict between Legislation and Administration; CHAPTER 4: The Literacy Tests and the National Quota Immigration Policies; The National Quota Immigration Act of 1924: Ongoing History of the Literacy Test; To Redefine a "White" America: Congress, the courts, and the states; American Citizen Yes, Voter No: Double Allegiance to State and Nation English as a Test of Being a Good American Citizen CHAPTER 5: The English Literacy Test in New York State: An Added Way of Making a "White" America; The English Literacy Test Election law of 1921 in New York State and Its Implications; A Step Towards Uniqueness: The 1923 Amendment; Two Kinds of Assimilation: Intended and Unintended Consequences; CHAPTER 6: Conclusion; Bibliography; Index Literacy Social aspects United States History 20th century. Literacy Ability testing United States History 20th century. Immigrants Education United States History 20th century. United States Emigration and immigration Social aspects. United States Emigration and immigration History 20th century. États-Unis Émigration et immigration Aspect social. États-Unis Émigration et immigration Histoire 20e siècle. EDUCATION Students & Student Life. bisacsh Emigration and immigration fast Emigration and immigration Social aspects fast Immigrants Education fast Literacy Ability testing fast Literacy Social aspects fast United States fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtxgQXMWqmjMjjwXRHgrq 1900-1999 fast History fast has work: Struggles over immigrants' language (Text) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCFMC7BGPfP8Mfdtb3CG4dP https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasWork Print version: Oh, Young-In, 1970- Struggles over immigrants' language. El Paso : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2012 (DLC) 2011046873 New Americans (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2001102814 FWS01 ZDB-4-EDU FWS_PDA_EDU https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=520587 Volltext |
| spellingShingle | Oh, Young-In, 1970- Struggles over immigrants' language : literacy tests in the United States, 1917-1966 / New Americans (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC) Acknowledgments; Introduction; CHAPTER 1: The Beginning of Federal Language Restriction: The Literacy Test Act of 1917; Still Open Door Mixed with Ethnocentric National Identity; Toward Immigration Restriction: Redefining Americans; The Literacy Test Act: A Product of Long Lasting Political Discourses in the Divided Government; CHAPTER 2: Applications and Challenges: Immigrants and the Administrators; The Implications of the Literacy Test Act; The Ambiguity of the Law and Its Discretionary Administration; Challenging the Arbitrary Administration of the Literacy Test CHAPTER 3: Power Politics in Implementing Immigration Policy: Congress and the Bureau Of Immigration Immigration Legislation and the Extent of Administrative Powers; Congressional Power and Dehumanizing Administration; Illegal Immigrants: A Consequence of the Conflict between Legislation and Administration; CHAPTER 4: The Literacy Tests and the National Quota Immigration Policies; The National Quota Immigration Act of 1924: Ongoing History of the Literacy Test; To Redefine a "White" America: Congress, the courts, and the states; American Citizen Yes, Voter No: Double Allegiance to State and Nation English as a Test of Being a Good American Citizen CHAPTER 5: The English Literacy Test in New York State: An Added Way of Making a "White" America; The English Literacy Test Election law of 1921 in New York State and Its Implications; A Step Towards Uniqueness: The 1923 Amendment; Two Kinds of Assimilation: Intended and Unintended Consequences; CHAPTER 6: Conclusion; Bibliography; Index Literacy Social aspects United States History 20th century. Literacy Ability testing United States History 20th century. Immigrants Education United States History 20th century. EDUCATION Students & Student Life. bisacsh Emigration and immigration fast Emigration and immigration Social aspects fast Immigrants Education fast Literacy Ability testing fast Literacy Social aspects fast |
| title | Struggles over immigrants' language : literacy tests in the United States, 1917-1966 / |
| title_auth | Struggles over immigrants' language : literacy tests in the United States, 1917-1966 / |
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| title_full | Struggles over immigrants' language : literacy tests in the United States, 1917-1966 / Young-In Oh. |
| title_fullStr | Struggles over immigrants' language : literacy tests in the United States, 1917-1966 / Young-In Oh. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Struggles over immigrants' language : literacy tests in the United States, 1917-1966 / Young-In Oh. |
| title_short | Struggles over immigrants' language : |
| title_sort | struggles over immigrants language literacy tests in the united states 1917 1966 |
| title_sub | literacy tests in the United States, 1917-1966 / |
| topic | Literacy Social aspects United States History 20th century. Literacy Ability testing United States History 20th century. Immigrants Education United States History 20th century. EDUCATION Students & Student Life. bisacsh Emigration and immigration fast Emigration and immigration Social aspects fast Immigrants Education fast Literacy Ability testing fast Literacy Social aspects fast |
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