%0 Journal Article
%T Jeanne D. Petit,The Men and Women We Want: Gender, Race, and the Progressive Era Literacy Test Debate.
%A Chrysavgi Papayianni
%J European Journal of American Studies
%D 2011
%I European Association for American Studies
%R 10.4000/ejas.9388
%X The xenophobia exacerbated after the 9/11 attacks in America brings to sharp focus current immigration policies since the predominant tendency today especially in Europe is to restrict the surge of immigrants, particularly those coming from the Middle East. Within such a context, Jeanne Petit¡¯s The Men and Women We Want: Gender, Race, and the Progressive Era Literacy Test Debate represents a timely contribution to the study of such policies by focusing on the debates about immigration restric...
%U http://ejas.revues.org/9388