At America's Gates Chinese Immigration During the Exclusion Era, 1882-1943 |
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| Author:
| Lee, Erika |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8078-2775-8 |
| Publication Date: | May 2003 |
| Publisher: | University of North Carolina Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $77.95 |
Book Description:
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With the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, Chinese laborers became the first group in American history to be excluded from the United States on the basis of their race and class. Lee explores how Chinese exclusion laws not only transformed Chinese American lives, immigration patterns, identities, and families but also recast the United States into a "gatekeeping nation."
With the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, Chinese laborers became the first group in American history to be excluded from the United States on the basis of their race and class. Lee explores how Chinese exclusion laws not only transformed Chinese American lives, immigration patterns, identities, and families but also recast the United States into a "gatekeeping nation."