The Unwelcome Immigrant The American Image of the Chinese, 1785-1882
Author: Stuart Creighton Miller
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Published: 1969
Total Pages: 276
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Author: Stuart Creighton Miller
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Published: 1969
Total Pages: 276
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Published: 1969
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKHistorical research study of the evolution of the unfavourable opinion of the Chinese prevalent in the USA in the 19th century, before and after the arrival of large numbers of immigrants, and comments on events which led to discrimination and to the passing of legislation to exclude them. References.
Author: Stuart Creighton Miller
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Published: 1969
Total Pages: 259
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: John Soennichsen
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Published: 2011-02-02
Total Pages: 196
ISBN-13: 0313379475
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis in-depth examination of the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 provides a chronological review of the events, ordinances, and pervasive attitudes that preceded, coincided with, and followed its enactment. The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 was a historic act of legislation that demonstrated how the federal government of the United States once openly condoned racial discrimination. Once the Exclusion Act passed, the door was opened to further limitation of Asians in America during the late 19th century, such as the Scott Act of 1888 and the Geary Act of 1892, and increased hatred towards and violence against Chinese people based on the misguided belief they were to blame for depressed wage levels and unemployment among Caucasians. This title traces the complete evolution of the Exclusion Act, including the history of Chinese immigration to the United States, the factors that served to increase their populations here, and the subsequent efforts to limit further immigration and encourage the departure of the Chinese already in America.
Author: Erika Lee
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
Published: 2004-01-21
Total Pages: 346
ISBN-13: 0807863130
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWith 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, immigration patterns, identities, and families but also recast the United States into a "gatekeeping nation." Immigrant identification, border enforcement, surveillance, and deportation policies were extended far beyond any controls that had existed in the United States before. Drawing on a rich trove of historical sources--including recently released immigration records, oral histories, interviews, and letters--Lee brings alive the forgotten journeys, secrets, hardships, and triumphs of Chinese immigrants. Her timely book exposes the legacy of Chinese exclusion in current American immigration control and race relations.
Author: Walton Look Lai
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2010-02-15
Total Pages: 252
ISBN-13: 9004193340
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Chinese migration to the Latin America/Caribbean region is an understudied dimension of the Asian American experience. There are three distinct periods in the history of this migration: the early colonial period (pre-19th century), when the profitable three-century trade connection between Manila and Acapulco led to the first Asian migrations to Mexico and Peru; the classic migration period (19th to early twentieth centuries), marked by the coolie trade known to Chinese diaspora studies; and the renewed immigration of the late 20th century to the present. Written by specialists on the Chinese in Latin America and the Caribbean, this book tells the story of Asian migration to the Americas and contributes to a more comprehensive understanding of the Chinese in this important part of the world.
Author: Estelle T. Lau
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: 2007-04-04
Total Pages: 227
ISBN-13: 0822388316
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 made the Chinese the first immigrant group officially excluded from the United States. In Paper Families, Estelle T. Lau demonstrates how exclusion affected Chinese American communities and initiated the development of restrictive U.S. immigration policies and practices. Through the enforcement of the Exclusion Act and subsequent legislation, the U.S. immigration service developed new forms of record keeping and identification practices. Meanwhile, Chinese Americans took advantage of the system’s loophole: children of U.S. citizens were granted automatic eligibility for immigration. The result was an elaborate system of “paper families,” in which U.S. citizens of Chinese descent claimed fictive, or “paper,” children who could then use their kinship status as a basis for entry into the United States. This subterfuge necessitated the creation of “crib sheets” outlining genealogies and providing village maps and other information that could be used during immigration processing. Drawing on these documents as well as immigration case files, legislative materials, and transcripts of interviews and court proceedings, Lau reveals immigration as an interactive process. Chinese immigrants and their U.S. families were subject to regulation and surveillance, but they also manipulated and thwarted those regulations, forcing the U.S. government to adapt its practices and policies. Lau points out that the Exclusion Acts and the pseudo-familial structures that emerged in response have had lasting effects on Chinese American identity. She concludes with a look at exclusion’s legacy, including the Confession Program of the 1960s that coerced people into divulging the names of paper family members and efforts made by Chinese American communities to recover their lost family histories.
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Published: 1986
Total Pages: 108
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Warren I. Cohen
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 436
ISBN-13: 9780231104074
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA study of relations between America and East Asia on the eve of the twenty-first century.