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Closing the gate : race, politics, and the Chinese Exclusion Act / Andrew Gyory.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gyory, Andrew.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Chinese Americans--History--19th century.
- Chinese Americans.
- Chinese Americans--California--History--19th century.
- Chinese Americans--Legal status, laws, etc--History--19th century.
- Labor policy--United States--History--19th century.
- Labor policy.
- Labor policy--California--History--19th century.
- United States--Emigration and immigration--History--19th century.
- United States.
- California--Emigration and immigration--History--19th century.
- California.
- United States--Race relations.
- California--Race relations.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (735 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c1998.
- Language Note:
- English
- 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 1900's and against Europeans in the 1920's. Tracing the origins of the Chinese Exclusion Act, Andrew Gyory presents a bold new interpretation of American politics during Reconstruction and the
- Contents:
- Cover Page; Closing the Gate; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Figures; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter One The Very Recklessness of Statesmanship; Chapter Two To Fetch Men Wholesale; Chapter Three Yan-ki vs. Yan-kee; Chapter Four All Sorts of Tricks; Chapter Five To Overcome the Apathy of National Legislators; Chapter Six The Reign of Terror to Come; Chapter Seven An Unduly Inflated Sack of Very Bad Gas; Chapter Eight Rolling in the Dirt; Chapter Nine An Earthquake of Excitement; Chapter Ten No Material Difference; Chapter Eleven The Gate Must Be Closed
- Chapter Twelve A Mere Question of Expediency Appendix. The Chinese Exclusion Act; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-338) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9798890867773
- 9780807866757
- 080786675X
- OCLC:
- 45843980
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