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Book Review: Unwanted: Italian and Jewish Mobilization against Restrictive Immigration Laws 1882–1965 by Maddalena Marinari
International Migration Review ( IF 3.960 ) Pub Date : 2021-11-08 , DOI: 10.1177/01979183211051376
Sarah H. Salter 1
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Maddalena Marinari's Unwanted appears at a perfect—which is to say, pointed—moment for US immigration policy, as the 100-year-old deliberations about immigration priorities feel irredeemably and tragically present. Marinari knows this as well as readers of her book and students in her classes: her conclusion describes a student who “could no longer tell whether we were studying the history of US immigration or simply reading about what was going on in the country at the moment” (p. 175). To Marinari's great credit as a historian, the reader feels relief and recognition at this moment instead of despair. One of Marinari's greatest achievements in this study is her commitment to letting historical actors speak through archival documents. Unwanted offers history without editorializing, inviting readers to connect the dots between immigration, civil rights, ethnonationalism, the norms of gender and sexuality, and the institutionalized power of the US legislative branch. Relief stems from the awareness that others—students, the author—also can see, and feel deeply, the weight of these connected strands on our present lives and throughout US history.

中文翻译:

书评:不需要的:意大利和犹太人动员反对限制性移民法 1882-1965 由 Maddalena Marinari

Maddalena Marinari 的Unwanted出现在美国移民政策的一个完美的——也就是说,尖锐的——时刻,因为关于移民优先事项的 100 年之久的审议感觉无可救药和悲惨地存在。Marinari 以及她的书的读者和她班上的学生都知道这一点:她的结论描述了一个学生“不再知道我们是在研究美国移民的历史,还是只是在阅读该国目前正在发生的事情”(第 175 页)。作为一名历史学家,Marinari 的伟大功劳是,读者在这一刻感到解脱和认可,而不是绝望。Marinari 在这项研究中的最大成就之一是她致力于让历史演员通过档案文件说话。不需要的提供没有社论的历史,邀请读者将移民、民权、民族主义、性别和性规范以及美国立法部门的制度化权力之间的点联系起来。宽慰源于意识到其他人——学生、作者——也可以看到并深深感受到这些相互关联的线索对我们目前的生活和整个美国历史的影响。
更新日期:2021-11-08
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