The Chinese must go : violence, exclusion, and the making of the alien in America / Beth Lew-Williams.
In 1882, the United States launched an unprecedented experiment in federal border control--which promptly failed. The Chinese Must Go examines this formative moment when America's lackluster attempt to bar Chinese workers provoked a wave of anti-Chinese violence across the U.S. West. In 1885 and 188...
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| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, Massachusetts :
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2018.
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| Physical Description: | 349 pages ; 25 cm |
| Format: | Book |