Entry Denied: Exclusion and the Chinese Community in America, 1882-1943

by Sucheng Chan, Christian G. Fritz, Lucy E. Salyer, et al.

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In 1882, Congress passed a Chinese exclusion law that barred the entry of Chinese laborers for ten years. The Chinese thus became the first people to be restricted from immigrating into the United States on the basis of race. Exclusion was renewed in 1892 and 1902 and finally made permanent in 1904. Only in 1943 did Congress rescind all the Chinese exclusion laws as a gesture of goodwill towards China, an ally of the United States during World War...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0877227985

ISBN13:9780877227984

Release Date:March 1991

Publisher:Temple University Press

Length:286 Pages

Weight:1.35 lbs.

Dimensions:1.0" x 6.3" x 9.3"

Related Subjects

Anthropology Asia China Cultural Ethnic Studies History Humanities Politics & Social Sciences Social Science Social Sciences

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