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At America's gates, Chinese immigration during the exclusion era, 1882-1943, Erika Lee

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At America's gates, Chinese immigration during the exclusion era, 1882-1943, Erika Lee

Language

eng

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-310) and index

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government publication of a state province territory dependency etc

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illustrations

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index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

At America's gates

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bibliography

Oclc number

50560437

Responsibility statement

Erika Lee

Sub title

Chinese immigration during the exclusion era, 1882-1943

Table Of Contents

Introduction -- PART I: CLOSING THE GATES: The Chinese are coming: how can we stop them? : Chinese exclusion and the origins of American gatekeeping -- The keepers of the gate: U.S. immigration officials and Chinese exclusion -- PART II: AT AMERICA'S GATES: Exclusion Acts: Race, class, gender, and citizenship in the enforcement of the exclusion laws -- One hundred kinds of oppressive laws: the Chinese response to American exclusion -- PART III: CRACKS IN THE GATE: Enforcing the borders: Chinese exclusion along the U.S.-Canadian and U.S.-Mexican borders -- The crooked path: Chinese illegal immigration and its consequences -- PART IV: THE CONSEQUENCES AND LEGACIES OF EXCLUSION: In the shadow of exclusion: The impact of exclusion on the Chinese in America -- EPILOGUE: Echoes of exclusion in the late Twentieth Century -- AFTERWORD: Following September 11, 2001

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