Born in the USA: The Story of Immigration and Belonging

Author:   Lawrence Goldstone ,  James Otis Smith
Publisher:   Roaring Brook Press
ISBN:  

9781250796530


Pages:   240
Publication Date:   14 October 2024
Format:   Hardback
Availability:   To order   Availability explained


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WHO BELONGS IN AMERICA? The latest installment of the World Citizen Comics Line, Born in the USA, tracks the history of immigration to the United States, highlighting the twists and turns in the nearly three-hundred year old national debate to decide who gets to call themselves a US citizen. 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 complication 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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Author:   Lawrence Goldstone ,  James Otis Smith
Publisher:   Roaring Brook Press
Imprint:   First Second
Dimensions:   Width: 15.40cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 23.30cm
Weight:   0.300kg
ISBN:  

9781250796530


ISBN 10:   1250796539
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   14 October 2024
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
Availability:   To order   Availability explained

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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.

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