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At America's Gates: Chinese Immigration During the Exclusion Era, 1882-1943
With the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, Chinese laborers became the first group in American history to...
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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. This landmark law changed the course of U.S. immigration history, but we know little about its consequences for the Chinese in America or for the United States as a nation of immigrants.
At America's Gates is the first book devoted entirely to both Chinese immigrants and the American immigration officials who sought to keep them out. Erika 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." Immigrant identification, border enforcement, surveillance, and deportation policies were extended far beyond any controls that had existed in the United States before.
Drawing on a rich trove of historical sources--including recently released immigration records, oral histories, interviews, and letters--Lee brings alive the forgotten journeys, secrets, hardships, and triumphs of Chinese immigrants. Her timely book exposes the legacy of Chinese exclusion in current American immigration control and race relations.
Author: Erika Lee
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Published: 05/19/2003
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.23lbs
Size: 9.14h x 6.38w x 0.93d
ISBN: 9780807854488
Review Citation(s):
Choice 01/01/2004 pg. 975
About the Author
Lee, Erika: - Erika Lee is associate professor of history at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities.
At America's Gates is the first book devoted entirely to both Chinese immigrants and the American immigration officials who sought to keep them out. Erika 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." Immigrant identification, border enforcement, surveillance, and deportation policies were extended far beyond any controls that had existed in the United States before.
Drawing on a rich trove of historical sources--including recently released immigration records, oral histories, interviews, and letters--Lee brings alive the forgotten journeys, secrets, hardships, and triumphs of Chinese immigrants. Her timely book exposes the legacy of Chinese exclusion in current American immigration control and race relations.
Author: Erika Lee
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Published: 05/19/2003
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.23lbs
Size: 9.14h x 6.38w x 0.93d
ISBN: 9780807854488
Review Citation(s):
Choice 01/01/2004 pg. 975
About the Author
Lee, Erika: - Erika Lee is associate professor of history at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities.
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