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This Immigrant Nation
Perspectives on an American Dilemma Articles from The Nation 1868-the Present
Edited byRichard Lingeman
Electronic Version $9.99Paperback version $14.99For Kindle and iPad editions, please purchase directly from Amazon and Apple.CLICK HERE FOR eBOOKThis unvarnished collection of articles traces evolving issues and provides a unique history of the long-running national immigration dilemma.
American immigration has been debated in the pages of The Nation almost since its founding in 1865. The magazine has generally come down on the inclusive or “liberal” side of the great debate, but the editors were not immune from the prejudices of their times—an 1891 editorial called for the exclusion of “lunatics, paupers and cripples.”