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

Author:Erika Lee

Print Book, English, 2007

Edition:[Nachdr.] View all formats and editions

Publisher: Univ. of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, NC, 2007

Genre:History

Physical Description:331 Seiten : Illustrationen

ISBN:

9780807827758, 9780807854488, 0807827754, 0807854484

OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:316149904

Contents:

Introduction

1

(18)

PART I. CLOSING THE GATES

19

(56)

The Chinese Are Coming. How Can We Stop Them? Chinese Exclusion and the Origins of American Gatekeeping

23

(24)

The Keepers of the Gate: U.S. Immigration Officials and Chinese Exclusion

47

(28)

PART II. AT AMERICA'S GATES

75

(72)

Exclusion Acts: Race, Class, Gender, and Citizenship in the Enforcement of the Exclusion Laws

77

(34)

One Hundred Kinds of Oppressive Laws: The Chinese Response to American Exclusion

111

(36)

PART III. CRACKS IN THE GATE

147

(74)

Enforcing the Borders: Chinese Exclusion along the U.S.-Canadian and U.S.-Mexican Borders

151

(38)

The Crooked Path: Chinese Illegal Immigration and Its Consequences

189

(32)

PART IV. THE CONSEQUENCES AND LEGACIES OF EXCLUSION

221

(24)

In the Shadow of Exclusion: The Impact of Exclusion on the Chinese in America

223

(22)

Epilogue: Echoes of Exclusion in the Late Twentieth Century

245

(8)

Afterword: Following September 11, 2001

253

(4)

Notes

257

(38)

Bibliography

295

(16)

Acknowledgments

311

(4)

Index

315