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UNINA9910812714403321 |
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Autore |
Gyory Andrew |
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Titolo |
Closing the gate : race, politics, and the Chinese Exclusion Act / / Andrew Gyory |
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Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c1998 |
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979-88-908677-7-3 |
0-8078-6675-X |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (735 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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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 |
United States Emigration and immigration History 19th century |
California Emigration and immigration History 19th century |
United States Race relations |
California Race relations |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-338) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, which barred practically all Chinese from American shores for ten years, was the first federal law that |
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