Estelle T Lau

Paper Families

Identity, Immigration Administration, and Chinese Exclusion

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Cultural and legal study of the Chinese Exclusion Acts, which restrictedChinese immigration into the U.S., and the efforts of immigrants to circumvent these policies through the creation of fictive families.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. April 2007
• Englisch
• Gewicht: 472g
• ISBN-13: 9780822337355
• ISBN-10: 0822337355
• Artikelnr.: 21465493

Autorenporträt

Estelle T. Lau is a practicing attorney and an independent scholar. She has a doctorate in sociology from the University of Chicago and a law degree from Harvard University.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments ix
Introduction: Identity and Exclusion 1
1. Legislating Exclusion 12
2. Challenges to Exclusion 23
3. Entry Despite Exclusion 33
4. Guardians of the Gate 67
5. Legacies 114
Notes 165
Bibliography 179
Index 207