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[KINDLE EBOOK EPUB] The Guarded Gate: Bigotry, Eugenics and
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[KINDLE EBOOK EPUB] The Guarded Gate: Bigotry, Eugenics and the Law That
Kept Two Generations of Jews, Italians, and Other European Immigrants
Out of America [DOWNLOAD IN @PDF]
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“Deep and comprehensive…The Guarded Gate sharply reminds us that
nativism has never been limited to its most savage enforcers like the
Klan or neo-Nazis. It always has its ‘civilized†voices, too, with
lobbyists, funders, and advocates giving it respectable cover,
domesticating it, putting it in Good Housekeeping rather than in Der
Sturmer.― —The New York Review of Books '“The story of this triumph
of ignorance has been told before, but never more vividly than by Daniel
Okrent. . . A rigorously historical work.― —The Washington Post
“[An] often surprising history. . . . The Guarded Gate is reminiscent
of Okrentâ€s Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition (2010) in its
elegant . . . prose and its focus on the unlikely alliances that
converged to effect political change.― —TheBoston Globe
“A frighteningly timely book about a particularly ugly period in
American history, a bigotry-riddled chapter many thought was closed but
that shows recent signs of reopening… One of the narrative's great
strengths is the author's inclusion of dozens of minibiographies
illuminating the backgrounds of the racist politicians and the promoters
of phony eugenics ‘researchâ€â€¦ [A] revelatory and necessary
historical account.― —Kirkus Reviews “[A] sweeping history.― —
The New Yorker “Engrossing… this fascinating study vividly
illuminates the many injustices that the pseudoscience of eugenics
inflicted on so many would-be Americans.― —Publishers Weekly
 “A sobering, valuable contribution to discussions about
immigration.― —Booklist  “A steely-eyed look at Americaâ€s
eugenics movement.― —Library Journal “[A] detailed, compulsively
readable account . . . a must-read for anyone seeking a deeper
understanding of the history of immigration in the United States—and
how the past might be relevant to policy makers and citizens today.― —
BookPage“Whatâ€s so unsettling about Daniel Okrentâ€s spellbinding

history of a previous immigration controversy is how it resonates with
todayâ€s debate. Insightful, unsparing, and totally absorbing, this
book frames the discussion against a compelling historical backdrop that
describes the gap between the American ideal and the American reality.―
—Lawrence Wright, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Looming Tower
 and God Save Texas “In The Guarded Gate, Daniel Okrent has again
taken a largely forgotten epoch in American history and brilliantly
brought it back to life. Written with a grace that any novelist would
envy, Okrentâ€s book tells the story of the immigration battles of the
early twentieth century in a way thatâ€s both fascinating on its own
terms, but also, alas, all-too-relevant to todayâ€s news.― —Jeffrey
Toobin, CNN, author of American Heiress “Our two oceans have
protected and insulated us, but they have also helped to incubate less
attractive features. Daniel Okrent artfully and faithfully records our
(earlier) dismal record on immigration and how those home-grown racist
and xenophobic policies metastasized into exports with horrific
worldwide consequences. This is a masterful, sobering, thoughtful, and
necessary book.― —Ken Burns “The Guarded Gate delivers a timely
history of anti-immigrant fever centered in the elite eugenics movement
a century ago. In this masterful narrative, sprinkled with wit, Daniel
Okrent shows how the lesser angels of our heritage ‘depopulated Ellis
Island as if by epidemic,†leading to cycles of disgrace and
reform.― —Taylor Branch, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Parting
the Waters: America in the King Years, 1954-63 “Daniel Okrent is a
gifted social historian. In this powerful, fast-paced, and highly
relevant chronicle of bad science and fearful prejudice, Okrent helps us
understand how and why our country lost its way about a century ago.
Read it so that history does not find new ways of repeating itself.― —
Evan Thomas, author of The War Lovers“If you think we have reached
peak stupidity — that Americaâ€s per capita quantity has never been
higher — there is solace, of sorts, in Daniel Okrentâ€s guided tour
through the immigration debate that was heading toward a nasty
legislative conclusion a century ago.― —George F. Will, The
Washington Post“Engrossing... Itâ€s a grim and sordid story, but
Okrent is a companionable, witty, and judicious guide.― —Commentary
Magazine “A vivid new book…jam-packed with appalling examples―
of anti-immigrant passions “primarily targeted at Catholics and
Jews…― —The New York Times Book Review Daniel Okrent was the first
public editor of The New York Times, editor-at-large of Time, Inc., and
managing editor of Life magazine. He worked in book p