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The Chinese Exclusion Act Review of the Literature Kyle Moore

Structure Thesis on the creation of the Chinese Exclusion Act. Background of the Act. Timeline of the Literature. Conclusion of Research.

Thesis: The creation of the Chinese Exclusion Act was influenced by different racial, social, political, and economic motivations. Publications do not comprehensively cover the creation of the Act.

Background Chinese Immigrants arrived in California in 1849. The Chinese Exclusion Act was passed into law in 1882. Set a precedent for legal discrimination.

The Chinese and the Exclusion Act By: Joaquin Miller 1882 1901 1909 1939 1969 1998 2003 2007 2016 The Chinese and the Exclusion Act By: Joaquin Miller Racism from White American workers. Egalitarians vs. Exclusionists

Chinese Immigration By: Mary Roberts Coolidge 1882 1901 1909 1939 1969 1998 2003 2007 2016 Chinese Immigration By: Mary Roberts Coolidge California Thesis

The Anti-Chinese Movement in California by: Elmer Clarence Sandmeyer 1882 1901 1909 1939 1969 1998 2003 2007 2016 The Anti-Chinese Movement in California by: Elmer Clarence Sandmeyer California Thesis Culture Clash

1882 1901 1909 1939 1969 1998 2003 2007 2016 The Unwelcome Immigrant: The American Image of the Chinese, 1785-1882 By: Stuart Creighton Miller Nationwide Racism Culture Clash

1882 1901 1909 1939 1969 1998 2003 2007 2016 Closing the Gate: Race, Politics, and the Chinese Exclusion Act By: Andrew Gyory National Politics Nationwide Racism

1882 1901 1909 1939 1969 1998 2003 2007 2016 Chinese Immigrants, African Americans, and Racial Anxiety in the United States, 1848-1882 By: Najia Aarim-Heriot Nationwide Racism National Politics

1882 1901 1909 1939 1969 1998 2003 2007 2016 At America’s Gates: Chinese Immigration during the Exclusion Era, 1882-1943 By: Erika Lee Nationwide Racism

1882 1901 1909 1939 1969 1998 2003 2007 2016 Two Faces of Exclusion: The Untold History of Anti-Asian Racism in the United States By: Lon Kurashige Egalitarians vs. Exclusionists National Politics Nationwide Racism

Conclusion: Nationwide Racism National Politics Egalitarians vs. Exclusionists

Bibliography: Aarim-Heriot, Najia. Chinese Immigrants, African Americans, and Racial Anxiety in the United States, 1848-1882. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2003. Coolidge, Mary Roberts. Chinese Immigration. New York: Holt and Company, 1909. Gyory, Andrew. Closing the Gate: Race, Politics, and the Chinese Exclusion Act. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1998. Kurashige, Lon. Two Faces of Exclusion: The Untold History of Anti-Asian Racism in the United States. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2016. Lee, Erika. At America’s Gates: Chinese Immigration during the Exclusion Era, 1882-1943. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2007 Miller, Joaquin. “The Chinese and the Exclusion Act.” The North American Review 173, no. 541, 1901. Miller, Stuart Creighton. The Unwelcome Immigrant: The American Image of the Chinese, 1785-1882. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1969. Sandmeyer, Elmer Clarence. The Anti-Chinese Movement in California. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1939.