A Nation of Strangers: Prejudice, Politics, and the Populating of America

by Ellis Cose

Analyzes the complicated political and social forces that have shaped U.S. immigration policies and examines how the American melting pot philosophy coexists with tendencies toward xenophobia, prejudice, and paranoia. 25,000 first printing. $22,500 ad/promo.

256 pages, Hardcover

First published March 1, 1992

About the author

Ellis Cose is a former columnist for Newsweek, chairman of the editorial board of the New York Daily News, contributor and critic for Time, and columnist for USA Today. The author of numerous books, including the bestselling The Rage of a Privileged Class, he lives in New York City.