Lee explores Chinese immigration during the exclusion era, a period from 1882 to 1943 when the U.S. ended its historic welcome to immigrants.
Introduction
1
(18)
PART I. CLOSING THE GATES
19
(56)
The Chinese Are Coming. How Can We Stop Them? Chinese Exclusion and the Origins of American Gatekeeping
23
(24)
The Keepers of the Gate: U.S. Immigration Officials and Chinese Exclusion
47
(28)
PART II. AT AMERICA'S GATES
75
(72)
Exclusion Acts: Race, Class, Gender, and Citizenship in the Enforcement of the Exclusion Laws
77
(34)
One Hundred Kinds of Oppressive Laws: The Chinese Response to American Exclusion
111
(36)
PART III. CRACKS IN THE GATE
147
(74)
Enforcing the Borders: Chinese Exclusion along the U.S.-Canadian and U.S.-Mexican Borders
151
(38)
The Crooked Path: Chinese Illegal Immigration and Its Consequences
189
(32)
PART IV. THE CONSEQUENCES AND LEGACIES OF EXCLUSION
221
(24)
In the Shadow of Exclusion: The Impact of Exclusion on the Chinese in America
223
(22)
Epilogue: Echoes of Exclusion in the Late Twentieth Century
245
(8)
Afterword: Following September 11, 2001
253
(4)
Notes
257
(38)
Bibliography
295
(16)
Acknowledgments
311
(4)
Index
315
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