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OverviewIf you knew a runaway slave or an undocumented immigrant, would you tell? Full Product DetailsAuthor: John S W ParkPublisher: Temple University Press,U.S. Imprint: Temple University Press,U.S. Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.499kg ISBN: 9781439910467ISBN 10: 1439910464 Pages: 278 Publication Date: 26 April 2013 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsPart I STATUS AND ILLEGALITY IN AMERICAN PUBLIC LAW AND CULTURE 1 The Huckleberry Finn Problem 2 Race, Law, and Personhood in Huckleberry Finn Part II THE COMPANY OF OTHERS 3 Slavery and Wage Slavery 4 Illegal Workers 5 Immigrant Activism in the Shadow of Law Part III GETTING AN EDUCATION 6 The Bread of Knowledge 7 Race, Immigration, and the Promise of Equality 8 Undocumented and Unafraid Part IV UNLAWFUL MIGRATIONS IN AMERICAN LAW AND SOCIETY 9 Utopian Visions and the Unlawful Other Acknowledgments Notes Selected Books Cited IndexReviewsPark proposes a unique and innovative way to approach the quagmire of immigration reform. He uses the framework that Mark Twain used when presenting the dilemma of what is the proper response to a runaway slave and a young abandoned boy. It is Park's contention that there is much to be learned from comparing the current problems of illegal immigrants with those of fugitive slaves in antebellum America... He finds interesting linkages between the past mistreatment of people of color and what is happening today. The author pays some attention to the legal, educational, moral, and labor repercussions of the treatment of 'illegals.' Park's work is timely, well written, and extensively documented. It should find a wide audience among academics and the general population. Summing Up: Recommended. --Choice, January 2014 """Park proposes a unique and innovative way to approach the quagmire of immigration reform. He uses the framework that Mark Twain used when presenting the dilemma of what is the proper response to a runaway slave and a young abandoned boy. It is Park's contention that there is much to be learned from comparing the current problems of illegal immigrants with those of fugitive slaves in antebellum America... He finds interesting linkages between the past mistreatment of people of color and what is happening today. The author pays some attention to the legal, educational, moral, and labor repercussions of the treatment of 'illegals.' Park's work is timely, well written, and extensively documented. It should find a wide audience among academics and the general population. Summing Up: Recommended.""--Choice, January 2014" Author InformationJohn S.W. Park is an Associate Professor of Asian American Studies at the University of California at Santa Barbara. He also serves as the Associate Director of the University of California Center for New Racial Studies. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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