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The Chinese must go : violence, exclusion, and the making of the alien in America /

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In 1882, the United States launched an unprecedented experiment in federal border control, which promptly failed. The Chinese Must Go examines this formative moment when America's lackluster attempt to bar Chinese workers provoked a wave of anti-Chinese violence across the U.S. West. In 1885 an...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lew-Williams, Beth (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, [2018]
Subjects:
Chinese > United States > History > 19th century.
Chinese > Violence against > United States.
Border security > United States > History > 19th century.
Race discrimination > United States > History > 19th century.
Emigration and immigration law > United States > History > 19th century.
Aliens > United States > History > 19th century.
United States > Race relations > History > 19th century.

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