The Chinese Must Go

The Chinese Must Go
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Publisher : Harvard University Press
Total Pages : 361
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ISBN-10 : 9780674976016
ISBN-13 : 0674976010
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Book Synopsis The Chinese Must Go by : Beth Lew-Williams

Download or read book The Chinese Must Go written by Beth Lew-Williams and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2018-02-26 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beth Lew-Williams shows how American immigration policies incited violence against Chinese workers, and how that violence provoked new exclusionary policies. Locating the origins of the modern American "alien" in this violent era, she makes clear that the present resurgence of xenophobia builds mightily upon past fears of the "heathen Chinaman."


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