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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454926103321

Autore

Gyory Andrew

Titolo

Closing the gate [[electronic resource] ] : race, politics, and the Chinese Exclusion Act / / Andrew Gyory

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c1998

ISBN

0-8078-6675-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (735 p.)

Disciplina

325.73/089/951

Soggetti

Chinese Americans - History - 19th century

Chinese Americans - California - History - 19th century

Chinese Americans - Legal status, laws, etc - History - 19th century

Labor policy - United States - History - 19th century

Labor policy - California - History - 19th century

Electronic books.

United States Emigration and immigration History 19th century

California Emigration and immigration History 19th century

United States Race relations

California Race relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-338) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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