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Author:

Lew-Williams, Beth, author.

Title:

The Chinese must go : violence, exclusion, and the making of the alien in America / Beth Lew-Williams.

Publisher:

Harvard University Press,

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

349 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Subject:

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--History--History--19th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction: The violence of exclusion -- Part I. Restriction. The Chinese question -- Experiments in restriction -- Part II. Violence. The banished -- The people -- The loyal -- Part III. Exclusion. The exclusion consensus -- Afterlives under exclusion -- Epilogue: The modern American alien.

Summary:

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 and 1886, white vigilantes in over 150 communities used intimidation, harassment, bombs, arson, assault, and murder to drive out their Chinese neighbors. This little-known outbreak of racial violence had profound consequences. Displacing tens of thousands of Chinese immigrants, the expulsions reshaped America's racial geography. In response, the federal government not only overhauled U.S. immigration law, but also transformed its diplomatic relations with China. The Chinese Must Go recasts the history of Chinese exclusion and its importance for modern America. During a period better known for the invention of the modern citizen, the Chinese in America defined what it meant to be an alien. The significance of the "heathen Chinaman" on American law and society far outlived him.-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

0674976010
9780674976016

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1000526851

LCCN:

2017032640

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

SMPE094 -- Waverly Public Library (Waverly)