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Closing the gate : race, politics, and the Chinese Exclusion Act /
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 legisla...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chapel Hill ; London :
The University of North Carolina Press,
[1998]
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| Colección: | Immigration law & policy in the U.S.
UNC Press law publications. Civil rights and social justice. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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 1900s and against Europeans in the 1920s. Tracing the origins of the Chinese Exclusion Act, Andrew Gyory presents a bold new interpretation of American politics during Reconstruction and the. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xii, 354 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-338) and index. |
| ISBN: | 080786675X 9780807866757 |