Books by Katherine Benton-Cohen

The Dillingham Commission-created by Congress in 1907 to collect data on a perceived immigration problem-remains the largest U.S. immigration study ever conducted. Katherine Benton-Cohen shows that its Progressive formulation and recommendations endure in almost every component of immigration policy, control, and enforcement a century later.

"Are you an American, or are you not?" This is the question at the heart of Katherine Benton-Cohen's provocative history, which ties a seemingly remote corner of the country to one of America's central concerns: the historical creation of racial boundaries.