The Chinese in America: A History from Gold Mountain to the New Millennium

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This new collection of essays demonstrates how a politics of polarity have defined the 150-year experience of Chinese immigration in America. Volume editor Cassel relates how the well-publicized accusations of espionage against scientist Wen Ho Lee at the nuclear facility at Los Alamos can be understood as part of an ongoing systemic and institutionalized racism in American society. Chinese-Americans have been courted as "model workers" by American...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0759100012

ISBN13:9780759100015

Release Date:April 2002

Publisher:Altamira Press

Length:480 Pages

Weight:1.40 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 5.9" x 9.0"

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Americas Ethnic Studies History Minority Studies Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Politics & Social Sciences Social Science Social Sciences Specific Demographics Textbooks

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