03596nam 2200697 a 450 991045492610332120200520144314.00-8078-6675-X(CKB)111004368568028(EBL)880176(SSID)ssj0000123869(PQKBManifestationID)11143786(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000123869(PQKBWorkID)10011128(PQKB)11759211(MiAaPQ)EBC880176(Au-PeEL)EBL880176(CaPaEBR)ebr2001272(CaONFJC)MIL930432(OCoLC)45843980(EXLCZ)9911100436856802819971211d1998 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrClosing the gate[electronic resource] race, politics, and the Chinese Exclusion Act /Andrew GyoryChapel Hill University of North Carolina Pressc19981 online resource (735 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8078-4739-9 0-8078-2432-1 Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-338) and index.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 ClosedChapter Twelve A Mere Question of Expediency Appendix. The Chinese Exclusion Act; Notes; Bibliography; IndexThe 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 theChinese AmericansHistory19th centuryChinese AmericansCaliforniaHistory19th centuryChinese AmericansLegal status, laws, etcHistory19th centuryLabor policyUnited StatesHistory19th centuryLabor policyCaliforniaHistory19th centuryUnited StatesEmigration and immigrationHistory19th centuryCaliforniaEmigration and immigrationHistory19th centuryUnited StatesRace relationsCaliforniaRace relationsElectronic books.Chinese AmericansHistoryChinese AmericansHistoryChinese AmericansLegal status, laws, etc.HistoryLabor policyHistoryLabor policyHistory325.73/089/951Gyory Andrew970437MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910454926103321Closing the gate2205674UNINA