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The Guarded Gate:
Bigotry, Eugenics and
the Law That Kept
Two Generations of
Jews, Italians, and
Other European
Immigrants Out of
America EBook
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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 ofÂ
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 aÂ
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 Read more Daniel OkrentÂ
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