The Chinese Exclusion Act: What It Can Teach Us about America - Hardcover
by B. Railton
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Availability:In StockContributor:B. RailtonTheme:Chronological Period/19th Century, Cultural Region/Chinese, Interdisciplinary Studies/AsianPublish date:6/11/2013Pages:74
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Palgrave PivotISBN-13:9781137339089ISBN-10:113733908XUPC:9781137339089Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Asia, United States, Social HistoryBook Topic:China, 19th CenturySize:8.50 x 5.50 x 0.31 inchesWeight:0.259Product ID:SC59VAKBT2
This book explores 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.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Palgrave PivotISBN-13:9781137339089ISBN-10:113733908XUPC:9781137339089Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Asia, United States, Social HistoryBook Topic:China, 19th CenturySize:8.50 x 5.50 x 0.31 inchesWeight:0.259Product ID:SC59VAKBT2
Ben Railton is Associate Professor of English Studies and American Studies at Fitchburg State University in Massachusetts, USA. He is the author of Redefining American Identity: From Cabeza de Vaca to Barack Obama (2011); Contesting the Past, Reconstructing the Nation: American Literature and Culture in the Gilded Age, 1876-1893 (2007); and numerous articles on American literature and culture.
Publisher: Palgrave Pivot
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