At America's gates : Chinese immigration during the exclusion era, 1882-1943 Erika Lee

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lee, Erika.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chinese Americans--Social conditions--19th century.

Chinese Americans.

Chinese Americans--Social conditions--20th century.

Chinese Americans--Legal status, laws, etc.

Immigrants--United States--History--19th century.

Immigrants.

Immigrants--United States--History--20th century.

United States--Emigration and immigration.

United States.

China--Emigration and immigration.

China.

United States--Government policy.

United States--Race relations.

Physical Description:

331 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2003.

Contents:

Introduction

PART I: CLOSING THE GATES: The Chinese are coming: how can we stop them? : Chinese exclusion and the origins of American gatekeeping

The keepers of the gate: U.S. immigration officials and Chinese exclusion

PART II: AT AMERICA'S GATES: Exclusion Acts: Race, class, gender, and citizenship in the enforcement of the exclusion laws

One hundred kinds of oppressive laws: the Chinese response to American exclusion

PART III: CRACKS IN THE GATE: Enforcing the borders: Chinese exclusion along the U.S.-Canadian and U.S.-Mexican borders

The crooked path: Chinese illegal immigration and its consequences

PART IV: THE CONSEQUENCES AND LEGACIES OF EXCLUSION: In the shadow of exclusion: The impact of exclusion on the Chinese in America

EPILOGUE: Echoes of exclusion in the late Twentieth Century

AFTERWORD: Following September 11, 2001.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-310) and index.

ISBN:

0807827754 (alk. paper)

0807854484 (pbk. : alk. paper)

OCLC:

50560437