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A SHADOW ON THE PAST: TEACHING AND STUDYING MIGRATION AND BORDERS IN THE AGE OF TRUMP

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 December 2017

Hasia Diner ,
Sonia Hernández ,
Benjamin H. Johnson ,
Julian Lim ,
Maddalena Marinari  and
Elliott Young
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The Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era , Volume 17 , Issue 1 , January 2018 , pp. 23 - 55
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