Who Belongs in America Presidents Rhetoric and Immigration 1st Edition by Vanessa B Beasley, Mr Robert H Ferrell, Associate Professor Michelle Hall Kells ISBN 1603445447 9781603445443

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Author:  Vanessa B Beasley, Mr Robert H Ferrell, Associate Professor Michelle Hall Kells

“How can the immigrant of yesterday be lionized as the very foundation of the nation’s character, while the immigrant of today is often demonized as a threat to the nation’s safety and stability?” ask volume editor Vanessa B. Beasley in her introduction to this timely book.

As the nation’s ceremonial as well as political leader, presidents through their rhetoric help to create the frame for the American public’s understanding of immigration. In an overarching essay and ten case studies, Who Belongs in America? Explores select moments in U.S. immigration history, focusing on the presidential discourse that preceded, address, or otherwise corresponded to events.

These chapters, which originated as presentations at the Texas A&M University Conference on Presidential Rhetoric, share a common interest in how, when and under what circumstances U.S. presidents or their administrations have negotiated the tension that lies at the heart of the immigration issue in the United States. The various authors look at the dual views of immigrants as either scapegoats for cultural fears, especially during trying times. U.S. presidents have had to navigate between these two motifs, and they have chosen different ways to do so. Indeed, as these studies show, their words have sometimes been at odds with their deeds and policies.

Since 9/11, few issues have more public significance than how America views immigrants. The contributors to this volume provide context that will help inform the public debate, as well as the scholarship, for years to come.

Vanessa B. Beasley, an associate professor of communication at the University of Georgia, is the author of You, the People: American National Identity in Presidential Rhetoric, also published by Texas A&M University Press. Her Ph.D. is from the University of Texas at Austin.

Who Belongs in America Presidents Rhetoric and Immigration 1st Table of contents:

• Chapter 1: President of All the People

  • Michael Novak

• Chapter 2: The Aliens Are Coming: The Federalist Attack on the First Amendment

  • Craig R. Smith
  • (This chapter likely examines early presidential rhetoric during the Alien and Sedition Acts era.)

• Chapter 3: Presidents and Religious Diversity in the Nineteenth Century

  • Charles J. Stewart
  • (This chapter would explore how presidents addressed religious aspects of immigration, particularly in the 19th century.)

• Chapter 4: Chinese Exclusion: Causes and Consequences, 1882–1943

  • Roger Daniels
  • (A focus on the significant period of Chinese exclusion and related presidential discourse.)

• Chapter 5: Hooking the Hyphen: Woodrow Wilson’s War Rhetoric and the Italian American Community

  • Mary Anne Trasciatti
  • (Examines how Wilson addressed immigrant communities, specifically Italian Americans, during World War I.)

• Chapter 6: Immigration and the Red Scare

  • Robert H. Ferrell
  • (This chapter likely analyzes presidential rhetoric during the anti-immigrant sentiment of the Red Scare era.)

• Chapter 7: Can the Alien Speak? The McCarran-Walter Act and the First Amendment

  • James A. Aune
  • (Focuses on the rhetoric surrounding the restrictive McCarran-Walter Act.)

• Chapter 8: Questions of Race, Caste, and Citizenship: Héctor P. Garcia, Lyndon B. Johnson, and the Polemics of the Bracero Immigrant Labor Program

  • Michelle Hall Kells
  • (Explores the intersection of civil rights, labor, and immigration policy, specifically through the Bracero Program.)

• Chapter 9: Rhetorical Ambivalence: Bush and Clinton Address the Crisis of Haitian Refugees

  • Denise M. Bostdorff
  • (Analyzes how these presidents handled the complex issue of Haitian refugees.)

• Chapter 10: The Class Politics of Cultural Pluralism: Presidential Campaigns and the Latino Vote

  • Anne T. Demo
  • (Examines the evolution of presidential campaign rhetoric regarding the Latino community and cultural pluralism.)

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