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Summary
A history of the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 which made the Chinese the first immigrant group officially excluded from the United States. Contents: Acknowledgments; Introduction: Identity and Exclusion; 1. Legislating Exclusion; 2. Challenges to Exclusion; 3. Entry Despite Exclusion; 4. Guardians of the Gate; 5. Legacies; Notes; Bibioography; Index.
Title
Paper Families: Identity, Immigration Administration, and Chinese Exclusion
Author
Lau, Estelle T.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Date
2006
Object ID
2007.066.605