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Why an account of ""the peopling"" of the United States must include the stories of indigenous people, enslaved persons, and those living in territories and foreign nations taken and acquired by the United States. In New Narratives on the Peopling of America, editors T. Alexander Aleinikoff and Alexandra Délano Alonso present an extraordinary collection of original essays that reshape our understanding of the peopling of the United States. This thought-provoking volume goes beyond conventional accounts of immigration by reexamining narratives about foreign-born populations in the United States. It situates them as part of a larger story of forced displacement and dispossession that needs to include indigenous people, enslaved persons, deported and returned migrants, and those residing in territories and foreign nations acquired by the United States. The diverse range of contributors—which include academics, journalists, artists, legal scholars, and activists—confront complex topics such as migration, racial justice, tribal sovereignty, and the pursuit of equality. As nationalism, globalization, and economic challenges reshape the social and political landscape, this timely volume calls for a reevaluation and reconstruction of national narratives of belonging. Challenging nativist tropes and offering broader understandings of collective history, this pathbreaking book centers issues of race and dispossession in the story of the American people. New Narratives on the Peopling of America is an essential resource for students and a compelling read for general readers seeking a deeper understanding of the complex tapestry of American identity. Contributors: Neil Agarwal; T. Alexander Aleinikoff; Jill Anderson; Kwame Anthony Appiah; Hana Brown; Alexandra Délano Alonso; Allison Dorsey; Taylor Dow; Maria Cristina Garcia; Justin Gest; Daniel Immerwahr; Jennifer A. Jones; Katy Long; Maggie Loredo; Dakota Mace; Ruth Milkman; Ana Raquel Minian; Carlos Motta; Mae Ngai; Eboo Patel; QUEEROCRACY; Marco Saavedra; Cinthya Santos Briones; Rogers M. Smith; Pireeni Sundaralingam; Héctor Tobar; Jesús I.Valles; Wendy A. Vogt; John Weeks
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Author: T. Alexander Aleinikoff , Alexandra Délano Alonso
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Imprint: Johns Hopkins University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 2.90cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.771kg
ISBN: 9781421448664
ISBN 10: 1421448661
Pages: 488
Publication Date: 26 March 2024
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Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Table of Contents
Preface A Note about the Cover Art Marco Saavedra, red liberty Part I. The Making of a Narrative 1. Toward Larger Stories: New Narratives on the Peopling of the United States of America Alexandra Délano Alonso 2. Imagining an American Nation: Sharing Our Stories Kwame Anthony Appiah 3. The Vague, Enduring Centrality of Whiteness in America Justin Gest 4. A White Settler Colony or a Revolutionary People's Colony? Narratives of America's Origins as Guides to the Peopling of the United States Rogers M. Smith 5. Dahodiyinii (Sacred Places) Dakota Mace 6. American Immigrant Katy Long 7. The Future Is a Foreign Country: We'll Do Things Differently There John R. Weeks 8. And Jesus, Where Is Home for You? Jesús I. Valles Part II. Beyond a ""Nation of Immigrants"" 9. A Nation of Immigrants: A Short History of an Idea Mae Ngai 10. The Border Crossed Us: Taking the Measure of a Migrating Country Daniel Immerwahr 11. A Nation of Immigrants, a Nation of Refuge Maria Cristina Garcia 12. Who Supports Immigration Reform? Ana Raquel Minian 13. Between Family Unity and Separation: A History of Gendered Exclusions, Deviance, and Deservingness in the United States Wendy Vogt 14. A Timeline of Queer Migrations QUEEROCRACY and Carlos Motta 15. Immigration Narratives, Past and Present: The Labor Dimension Ruth Milkman 16. Religious Diversity and the American Narrative Eboo Patel and Neil Agarwal Part III. Alternative Narratives 17. The Story of a Name Héctor Tobar 18. Migrant Herbalism Cinthya Santos Briones 19. Re-Claiming Humanity: Black History and the Cultivation of Empathetic Imagination Allison Dorsey 20. Unity in the Struggle: Immigration and the South's Emerging Civil Rights Consensus Hana Brown, Jennifer A. Jones, and Taylor Dow 21. Story-Walking toward Liveable Futures Jill Anderson and Maggie Loredo 22. The Narrative Machine: Profits, Brains, and the Reshaping of Our Public Space Pireeni Sundaralingam 23. Elements of a National Narrative on the Peopling of America T. Alexander Aleinikoff Acknowledgments Contributor Biographies Index
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The collection offers new ways of seeing, looking, and intersections that reinvigorate our understanding of what immigration means—politically, socially, economically, and nationally. —Alyssa Quintanilla, Society for US Intellectual History
Author Information
T. Alexander Aleinikoff (BROOKLYN, NY) is dean of the New School for Social Research and director of the Zolberg Institute on Migration and Mobility at The New School. He is the author of Semblances of Sovereignty: The Constitution, the State, and American Citizenship and the coauthor of The Arc of Protection: Reforming the International Refugee Regime. Alexandra Délano Alonso (QUEENS, NY) is a professor of Global Studies at The New School. She is the author of From Here and There: Diaspora Policies, Integration, and Social Rights beyond Borders and Mexico and Its Diaspora in the United States: Policies of Emigration since 1848.
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