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The Chinese Exclusion Act /

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Examine the origin, history and impact of the 1882 law that made it illegal for Chinese workers to come to America and for Chinese nationals already here ever to become U.S. citizens.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:American experience (Television program).
Corporate Author: Kanopy (Firm)
Other Authors: Burns, Ric (Screenwriter, television writer,), Yu, Li-Shin (Screenwriter, Producer), Espinola, Robin (Screenwriter), Lee, Hoon, 1973- (Narrator), Keane, Brian (composer (expression)), Chin, Michael (director of photography.), Squires, Buddy (director of photography.)
Format: Video
Language:English
Published: [San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2019.
Subjects:
United States. > Chinese Exclusion Act.
Chinese > United States > History > 19th century.
Chinese Americans > History > 19th century.
Immigrants > United States > History > 19th century.
United States > Emigration and immigration > Government policy > History > 19th century.
United States > Emigration and immigration > History > 19th century.
Asiatiques.
Documentaires.
Américains d'origine chinoise > Histoire > 19e siècle.
États-Unis > Émigration et immigration > Politique gouvernementale > Histoire > 19e siècle.
États-Unis > Émigration et immigration > Histoire > 19e siècle.
National characteristics, Asian
Americans
Asians
Documentary films
documentary film.
interviews.
Documentary films.
Interviews.
Ethnographic films.
Educational films.
Nonfiction films.
Feature films.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Kanopy)
Description
Summary:Examine the origin, history and impact of the 1882 law that made it illegal for Chinese workers to come to America and for Chinese nationals already here ever to become U.S. citizens.
Item Description:Originally broadcast on television by PBS as a special presentation of the television program American Experience in 2018.
Physical Description:1 online resource (streaming video file (160 min.)) : sound, color
Format:Streaming video file.
Audience:Rating: TV-PG.
Production Credits:Editor, Li-Shin Yu ; music, Brian Keane ; cinematography, Michael Chin, Buddy Squires.