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The Chinese Exclusion Act
Review of the Literature Kyle Moore
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Structure Thesis on the creation of the Chinese Exclusion Act.
Background of the Act. Timeline of the Literature. Conclusion of Research.
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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.
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Background Chinese Immigrants arrived in California in 1849.
The Chinese Exclusion Act was passed into law in 1882. Set a precedent for legal discrimination.
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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
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Chinese Immigration By: Mary Roberts Coolidge
1882 1901 1909 1939 1969 1998 2003 2007 2016 Chinese Immigration By: Mary Roberts Coolidge California Thesis
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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
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1882 1901 1909 1939 1969 1998 2003 2007 2016 The Unwelcome Immigrant: The American Image of the Chinese, By: Stuart Creighton Miller Nationwide Racism Culture Clash
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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
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1882 1901 1909 1939 1969 1998 2003 2007 2016 Chinese Immigrants, African Americans, and Racial Anxiety in the United States, By: Najia Aarim-Heriot Nationwide Racism National Politics
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1882 1901 1909 1939 1969 1998 2003 2007 2016 At America’s Gates: Chinese Immigration during the Exclusion Era, By: Erika Lee Nationwide Racism
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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
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Conclusion: Nationwide Racism National Politics
Egalitarians vs. Exclusionists
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Bibliography: Aarim-Heriot, Najia. Chinese Immigrants, African Americans, and Racial Anxiety in the United States, 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, 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, Berkeley: University of California Press, 1969. Sandmeyer, Elmer Clarence. The Anti-Chinese Movement in California. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1939.
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