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1 online resource (xii, 354 pages) : illustrations |
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HeinOnline immigration law & policy in the U.S |
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HeinOnline UNC Press law publications |
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HeinOnline civil rights and social justice |
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Immigration law & policy in the U.S
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UNC Press law publications
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Civil rights and social justice
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Contents |
Machine generated contents note: 1. Very Recklessness of Statesmanship: Explanations for Chinese Exclusion, 1870s-1990s -- 2. To Fetch Men Wholesale: Framing the Chinese Issue Nationally in the 1860s and the First Chinese Scare in 1869 -- 3. Yan-ki vs. Yan-kee: Americans React to Chinese Laborers in 1870 -- 4. All Sorts of Tricks: Defining Importation, 1871-1875 -- 5. To Overcome the Apathy of National Legislators: The Presidential Campaign of 1876 -- 6. Reign of Terror to Come: Uprising and Red Scare, 1877-1878 -- 7. Unduly Inflated Sack of Very Bad Gas: Denis Kearney Comes East, 1878 -- 8. Rolling in the Dirt: The Fifteen Passenger Bill of 1879 -- 9. Earthquake of Excitement: California and the Exodus East, 1879-1880 -- 10. No Material Difference: The Presidential Campaign of 1880 -- 11. Gate Must Be Closed: The Angell Treaty and the Race to Exclude, 1881-1882 -- 12. Mere Question of Expediency: The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 -- App.: Text of the Chinese Exclusion Act |
Summary |
The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, which barred practically all Chinese from American shores for ten years, was the first federal law that banned a group of immigrants solely on the basis of race or nationality. By changing America's traditional policy of open immigration, this landmark legislation set a precedent for future restrictions against Asian immigrants in the early 1900s and against Europeans in the 1920s. Tracing the origins of the Chinese Exclusion Act, Andrew Gyory presents a bold new interpretation of American politics during Reconstruction and the |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-338) and index |
Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Online resource (HeinOnline, viewed September 12, 2016) |
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Chinese Americans -- History -- 19th century
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Chinese Americans -- California -- History -- 19th century
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Chinese Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- History -- 19th century
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Labor policy -- United States -- History -- 19th century
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Labor policy -- California -- History -- 19th century
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Emigration & Immigration.
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Chinese Americans
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Chinese Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc.
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Emigration and immigration
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Labor policy
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Race relations
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Migratiebeleid.
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Chinezen.
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Rassendiscriminatie.
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Chinesen
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Einwanderung
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Recht
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Labor policy -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
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Chinese Americans -- California -- History.
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Chinese Americans -- History -- 19th century.
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Chinese Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- 19th century.
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Geschichte 1882-1914.
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SUBJECT |
United States -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 19th century
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California -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 19th century
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United States -- Race relations.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140494
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California -- Race relations
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California
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United States
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USA
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United States -- Race relations -- History.
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United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Law and legislation -- 19th century.
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California -- Emigration and immigration -- History.
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Chinesen.
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Genre/Form |
History
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
080786675X |
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9780807866757 |