Impossible Subjects: Illegal Aliens and the Making of Modern America - Updated Edition (Politics and Society in Modern America Book 105)
by Mae M. Ngai
Mae M. Ngai’s Impossible Subjects examines the emergence of the “illegal alien” category and its role in shaping modern America. Focusing on immigration, law, politics, and society, this updated edition offers a historical study of how ideas about belonging and exclusion developed in the United States.
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Impossible Subjects examines the history and meaning of “illegal aliens” in the United States.
Mae M. Ngai explores how immigration categories developed and influenced modern American politics and society.
The book connects immigration policy with broader questions about national identity, law, and belonging.
This updated edition revisits a significant study of immigration and the making of modern America.
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