Lucy E Salyer: 2 books
Laws Harsh As Tigers
Chinese Immigrants and the Shaping of Modern Immigration Law
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2000
Focusing primarily on the exclusion of the Chinese, Lucy Salyer analyzes the popular and legal debates surrounding immigration law and its enforcement during the height of nativist sentiment in the early twentieth century. She argues that the struggles between Chinese immigrants, U.S. government officials,...
Under the Starry Flag
How a Ban of Irish Americans Joined the Fenian Revolt and Sparked a Crisis over Citizenship
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2018
In 1867 forty Irish-Americans sailed for Ireland to fight against British rule. Claiming that emigrants to America remained British citizens, authorities arrested the men for treason, sparking a crisis and trial that dragged the U.S. and Britain to the brink of war. Lucy Salyer recounts this gripping tale, a prelude to today’s immigration battles.