James Walsh of the University of Pennsylvania reviews Canadian Liberalism and the Politics of Border Control, 1867–1967. This book on the rights of non-citizens in Canada’s first century offers an alternative optic for assessing the “control/rights nexus.” Drawing on a wide array of primary and secondary sources, the author highlights oscillations between rights-based and rights-restrictive orientations. Its findings suggest two ideational camps — liberal nationalism and internationalism — have vied to influence immigration policy.

Read the book review at https://doi.org/10.1111/imre.12211.