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Article: Johnson, Kevin R. The "Huddled Masses" Myth: Immigration and Civil Rights.(Book Review)
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- Perspectives on Political Science
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- September 22, 2004
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Johnson, Kevin R. The "Huddled Masses" Myth: Immigration and Civil Rights Philadelphia: Temple University Press 264 pp., $19.95 paper, $59.50 cloth ISBN 1-59213-206-5 paper ISBN 1-59213-205-7 cloth Publication Date: December 2003
Kevin R. Johnson, an associate dean and professor of law and Chicano studies at the University of California, Davis, sets out to examine the prevailing historical and contemporary attitudes regarding immigration in the United States and to uncover what these attitudes reveal about society's sentiments toward the civil rights of oppressed groups already living in the United States, Johnson's work reveals an uncanny link between the ...