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At America's Gates: Chinese Immigration during the Exclusion Era, 1882-1943
Erika Lee
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Description for At America's Gates: Chinese Immigration during the Exclusion Era, 1882-1943
Paperback. Devoted to both Chinese immigrants and the American immigration officials who sought to keep them out following the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, this text explores the consequences for the Chinese and for the USA as a nation of immigrants. Num Pages: 352 pages, 30 illustrations, 10 tables, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 558.
With the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, Chinese laborers became the first group in American history to be excluded from the United States on the basis of their race and class. This landmark law changed the course of U.S. immigration history, but we know little about its consequences for the Chinese in America or for the United States as a nation of immigrants. At America's Gates is the first book devoted entirely to both Chinese immigrants and the American immigration officials who sought to keep them out, Erika Lee explores how Chinese exclusion laws not only transformed Chinese American lives, ... Read more
With the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, Chinese laborers became the first group in American history to be excluded from the United States on the basis of their race and class. This landmark law changed the course of U.S. immigration history, but we know little about its consequences for the Chinese in America or for the United States as a nation of immigrants. At America's Gates is the first book devoted entirely to both Chinese immigrants and the American immigration officials who sought to keep them out, Erika Lee explores how Chinese exclusion laws not only transformed Chinese American lives, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
Chapel Hill, United States
ISBN
9780807854488
SKU
V9780807854488
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About Erika Lee
Erika Lee is associate professor of history at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities.
Reviews for At America's Gates: Chinese Immigration during the Exclusion Era, 1882-1943
"Lee addresses a multiplicity of issues and deftly weaves together several themes that, in the past, had been treated separately." - Sucheng Chan, University of California, Santa Barbara