The words carved into the Statue of Liberty make a simple promise - America will provide a home for anyone in search of a better life. However, the true story of immigration to America is full of complications and caveats. Born in the USA tracks the history of immigration to the United States, revealing how economic interests and political winds have sculpted Americans' thoughts about who belongs in the USA. From Black enslavement to Chinese exclusion and the modern-day debate over birthright citizenship, Lawrence Goldstone and James Otis Smith reveal the dissonance between the American dream and the American reality.
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Weight: 300g
Dimensions: 154 x 233mm
Publication Date: 14 Oct 2024
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
Publication City/Country: United States
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781250796530
About Lawrence Goldstone
Lawrence Goldstone has written extensively on Constitutional law and equal rights. His most recent book On Account of Race: The Supreme Court White Supremacy and the Ravaging of African American Voting Rights won the Lillian Smith Book Award. His articles reviews and opinion pieces have appeared in The Atlantic Salon Slate New Republic Boston Globe Los Angeles Times Wall Street Journal Chicago Tribune and Miami Herald. Goldstone holds a PhD in Constitutional history from the New School. He has also been a teacher lecturer senior member of a Wall Street trading firm taxi driver actor quiz show contestant and policy analyst at the Hudson Institute. James O. Smith is a writer illustrator graphic designer video editor and amateur musician. He is the artist behind Showtime at the Apollo and is the creator of the comics Gang of Fools and Black Heroes of the Wild West. His clients have included HarperCollins and Abrams ComicArts. Born and raised in Washington D.C. he currently lives in Brooklyn NY where his neighbors agree that he is indeed an amateur musician. You can find his work at Jamesmith.org.