Closing the gate : race, politics, and the Chinese Exclusion Act / / Andrew Gyory
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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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| Pubblicazione: | Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c1998 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (735 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 325.73/089/951 |
| Soggetto topico: | 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 | |
| Soggetto geografico: | United States Emigration and immigration History 19th century |
| California Emigration and immigration History 19th century | |
| United States Race relations | |
| California Race relations | |
| 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Closing the gate |
| ISBN: | 979-88-908677-7-3 |
| 0-8078-6675-X | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910812714403321 |
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