The Chinese Must Go Violence, Exclusion, and the Making of the Alien in America |
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| Author:
| Lew-Williams, Beth |
| ISBN: | 978-0-674-97601-6 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 2018 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $39.95 |
Book Description:
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Beth Lew-Williams shows how American immigration policies incited violence against Chinese workers, and how that violence provoked new exclusionary policies. Locating the origins of the modern American "alien" in this violent era, she makes clear that the present resurgence of xenophobia builds mightily upon past fears of the "heathen Chinaman."
Beth Lew-Williams shows how American immigration policies incited violence against Chinese workers, and how that violence provoked new exclusionary policies. Locating the origins of the modern American "alien" in this violent era, she makes clear that the present resurgence of xenophobia builds mightily upon past fears of the "heathen Chinaman."