We will post here 'points of entry' for the three topics listed below.
Each of us should post at least one contemporary source (preferably a history of some aspect of the topic published in the last two decades) and one original source (that is itself internal to the topic and preferably from the 1950s or earlier, ideally 1910s-1930s, but of course that depends on the topic -- this source can be as simple as an image as a document, or a statute, or an essay by a proponent, etc.). Please post links to original articles. If that's not easy to do (b/c the article is behind a paywall), post a citation, plus if you can save/make a PDF and send it around the email distribution list (though I realize this will create a chunk of clutter in each of our inboxes).
consumer credit reporting
birth certificates
travel visas
Birth Certificates
ReplyDeleteContemporary sources:
1) http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=102492856&login.asp&site=ehost-live&scope=site
2) http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=76170092&login.asp&site=ehost-live&scope=site
Original sources:
1) http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/vsushistorical/birthstat_1931.pdf
2) http://cliotropic.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Birth-Reg-Area-1922-From-Hoover-Commerce-Subject-File-Box-52.png
Hi all,
ReplyDeleteHere are a few links related to visa (some popular press stuff and shorter reports). I'll upload some academic articles to the google drive folder Colin shared with us.
Migration Report: http://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/chasing-growth-role-national-economies-us-visa-refusal-rates
Atlantic Monthly: http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/09/should-congress-let-wealthy-foreigners-buy-citizenship/406432/
New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/16/opinion/visa-abuses-harm-american-workers.html
HuffPo: http://www.huffingtonpost.in/dhruva-jaishankar/the-dying-art-of-the-visa-a-personal-history/
Birth Certificates
ReplyDeleteContemporary Article: Susan Pearson on history of birth certs. vis-a-vis child labor legislation in early 20th c.: "Age Ought to be a Fact" (in our Google Drive)
Historical document: W.A. Plecker, "A Standard Certificate of Birth" (pub'd Oct 1915)
Visas:
ReplyDeleteContemporary: Magnet, Shoshana Amielle. When Biometrics Fail: Gender, Race, and the Technology of Identity. Durham: Duke University Press Books, 2011.
Historical: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. “Visa Files, July 1, 1924 - March 31, 1944.” History and Genealogy, n.d. https://www.uscis.gov/history-and-genealogy/genealogy/visa-files-july-1-1924-march-31-1944.