Introduction : racism and the making of a Pacific nation -- Before the storm : race for commercial empire, 1846-1876 -- First downpour : Chinese immigrants and gilded age politics, 1876-1882 -- Eye of the storm : the laboring of exclusion, 1882-1904 -- Rising tide of fear : white and yellow perils, 1904-1919 -- Flood control : nationalism, internationalism, and Japanese exclusion, 1919-1924 -- Silver lining : new deals for Asian Americans, 1924-1941 -- Winds of war : internment and the great transformation, 1941-1952 -- After the storm : debating Asian Americans in the egalitarian era -- Conclusion : why remember the exclusion debate?
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