Disabled upon arrival eugenics, immigration, and the construction of race and disability / Jay Timothy Dolmage.
| Author/creator | Dolmage, Jay |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Columbus : The Ohio State University Press, [2018] |
| Description | ix, 177 pages ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction: Immigration has never been about immigration -- ISLAND: Ellis Island and the inventions of race and disability -- PIER: Canada's Pier 21 and the memorialization of immigration -- EXPLOSION: Technologies of immigration restriction -- ARCHIVE: Affective spaces of eugenics -- Conclusion: Responsibility for tomorrow. |
| Abstract | "A rhetorical examination of the spaces, technologies, and discourses of immigration restriction during the peak period of North American immigration in the early twentieth century. Links anti-immigration rhetoric to eugenics--and argues racist and ableist ideas about bodily values have never really gone away"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2017048378 |
| ISBN | 9780814213629 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0814213626 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780814254677 (pbk : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0814254675 (pbk : alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |