TY - BOOK AU - Motomura,Hiroshi ED - ProQuest (Firm) TI - Americans in waiting: the lost story of immigration and citizenship in the United States 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 KW - Electronic books 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. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/bacm-ebooks/detail.action?docID=281228 ER -