Roger Daniels
Guarding the Golden Door: American Immigration Policy and Immigrants since 1882.
Hill and Wang, 2004. First printing. 0809053438 xii/328 pages.
Volume, measuring approximately 6.5" x 9.5", is bound in quarter orange cloth and yellow cloth-covered boards, with stamped gilt lettering to spine. Book and dust jacket are in fine condition. 
"The federal government's efforts to pick and choose among the multitude of immigrants seeking to enter the United States began with the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882. Conceived in ignorance and falsely presented to the public, it had undreamed-of consequences, and this pattern has been rarely deviated from since. As renowned historian Roger Daniels shows in this brilliant new work, America's inconsistent, often illogical, and always cumbersome immigration policy has profoundly affected our recent past. 
Immigration policy, in Daniels's skilled hands, shows Americans at their best and worst,  from the nativist violence that forced Theodore Roosevelt's 1907 "gentleman's agreement" with Japan to the generous refugee policies adopted after World War II and throughout the Cold War. And in a conclusion drawn from today's headlines, Daniels makes clear how ignorance, partisan politics, and unintended consequences have overtaken immigration polity during the current administration's War on Terror."