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The Chinese began to emigrate to the United States in significant numbers at the time of the California Gold Rush. By 1880 some 100,000 Chinese immigrants were living in this country, the vast majority in California. In that state and in other western states they encountered severe hostility, manifested in numberous racially discriminatroy state laws. The articles and essays in this volume examine the law's impact on the Chinese immigrant community and their response to racial discrimination.
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Inside This Book Citations: This book cites 44 books | 10 books that cite this book Explore: Citations | Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Key Phrases - SIPs: testimonial exclusion, habeas corpus mill, testimony ban, habeas corpus cases, returning laborer (more) Key Phrases - CAPs: United States, San Francisco, New York, Burlingame Treaty, Federal Reporter (more) Browse Sample Pages: Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Back Cover | Surprise Me! |
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One of the most noticeable characteristics of the Chinese population residing in the United States before World War II was a pronounced shortage of women. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
testimonial exclusion, habeas corpus mill, testimony ban, habeas corpus cases, returning laborer, immigration treaty, general immigration laws, final master plan, supra note, citizens task force, exclusion laws, sojourner mentality, western legal history, supra text accompanying notes, restriction bill, circuit justice, foreign miners, female immigration, return certificates, territorial supreme court, customs house officials, district associations, civil rights decisions, treaty amendment, prior residence Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, San Francisco, New York, Burlingame Treaty, Federal Reporter, Page Law, Civil Rights Act, Ninth Circuit, Civil War, Board of Education, Hong Kong, Yee Shun, Asiatic Association, Lorenzo Sawyer, Pacific Northwest, Chae Chan Ping, Lin Sing, Chinese American, Deady Collection, Chew Heong, Daily Alta California, Deady Papers, Revised Statutes, University of California, Quong Woo New!
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One of the most noticeable characteristics of the Chinese population residing in the United States before World War II was a pronounced shortage of women. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
testimonial exclusion, habeas corpus mill, testimony ban, habeas corpus cases, returning laborer, immigration treaty, general immigration laws, final master plan, supra note, citizens task force, exclusion laws, sojourner mentality, western legal history, supra text accompanying notes, restriction bill, circuit justice, foreign miners, female immigration, return certificates, territorial supreme court, customs house officials, district associations, civil rights decisions, treaty amendment, prior residence Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, San Francisco, New York, Burlingame Treaty, Federal Reporter, Page Law, Civil Rights Act, Ninth Circuit, Civil War, Board of Education, Hong Kong, Yee Shun, Asiatic Association, Lorenzo Sawyer, Pacific Northwest, Chae Chan Ping, Lin Sing, Chinese American, Deady Collection, Chew Heong, Daily Alta California, Deady Papers, Revised Statutes, University of California, Quong Woo New!
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Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- The Anti-Chinese Movement in California by Elmer Sandmeyer on page 27 (1), page 27 (2), and page 27 (3)
- History of American Presidential Elections: Election Years, 1789-1824 by Arthur Meier Schlesinger on page 25, and page 26
- In Search of Equality: The Chinese Struggle against Discrimination in Nineteenth-Century America by Charles J. McClain in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
- History of American Presidential Elections, 1789-1968: Election Years, 1872-1888 by Arthur Meier Schlesinger on