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Stranger Citizens: Migrant Influence and National Power in the Early American Republic offers a unique perspective on the issue of citizenship, arguing that migrant groups were actively and politically engaged in defining citizenship in a way that worked for their survival and success. Recent events have brought the idea of citizenship back into the mainstream. The immigrants who were actively pursuing their rights in the new United States during the period of the Early Republic have shown today's migrants what they need to do to navigate the rights and privileges of American citizenship. * Journal of the American Revolution *

Stranger Citizens offers a unique perspective on the issue of citizenship, arguing that migrant groups were actively and politically engaged in defining citizenship in a way that worked for their survival and success. Recent events have brought the idea of citizenship back into the mainstream. The immigrants who were actively pursuing their rights in the new United States during the period of the Early Republic have shown today's migrants what they need to do to navigate the rights and privileges of American citizenship. * Journal of the American Revolution *

His book, Stranger Citizens, offers a unique perspective on the issue of citizenship. The conclusion of Stranger Citizens brings the reader back into the twenty-first century. A fine ending to a [very] detailed book. * Journal of the American Revolution *

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John McNelis O'Keefe is Associate Professor of History at Ohio University-Chillicothe. Follow him on X @johnokdc.

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