The Chinese Exclusion Act: what it can teach us about America

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العنوان: The Chinese Exclusion Act: what it can teach us about America
المؤلفون: Railton, Ben, 1977-
بيانات النشر: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
سنة النشر: 2013
وصف مادي: vii, 74 p. ; 23 cm.
مصطلحات موضوعية: Emigration and immigration law -- United States -- History., Chinese -- United States -- History -- 19th century., Chinese Americans -- History -- 19th century., History.
جغرافية الموضوع: United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Politics and government., United States -- Emigration and immigration -- History., United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Politics and government -- History.
الوصف: This book explore two critical strands in American Studies: policy conversations on legal and illegal immigration and social and educational conversations on diversity and multiculturalism. As author Benjamin Railton shows, a fresh look at the Chinese Exclusion Act overturns much of the received wisdom on immigration and American identity.
ملاحظة حول المحتويات: Introduction: Teaching Americans the Chinese Exclusion Act -- 1. What the Act Can Teach Us about Immigration History and Laws -- 2. What the Act Can Teach Us about Diversity -- 3. What the Act Can Teach Us about Forgotten and Inspiring American Stories -- Conclusion: So What?.
Original Identifier: ocn842208654
(PromptCat)40022574763
JV6456 .R35 2013
نوع الوثيقة: Book
اللغة: English
ردمك: 978-1-137-33908-9
1-137-33908-X
حقوق: This record is part of the Harvard Library Bibliographic Dataset, which is provided by the Harvard Library under its Bibliographic Dataset Use Terms and includes data made available by, among others, OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. and the Library of Congress.
ملاحظات: Includes bibliographical references and index.
رقم الأكسشن: edshlc.013755696.9
قاعدة البيانات: Harvard Library Bibliographic Dataset
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ردمك:9781137339089
113733908X