Chinese Immigrants, African Americans, and Racial Anxiety in the United States, 1848-82

Summary

With detailed examination of the link between the "Chinese question" and the "Negro problem" in 19th-century America, this work demonstrates that the anti-Chinese sentiment that led up to the passage of the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 is inseparable from the racial double standards applied by mainstream white society during the same period.

Product details

• Authors: Najia Aarim, Najia Aarim-Heriot
• Publisher: University Of Illinois Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.01.2003
• EAN: 9780252027758
• ISBN: 978-0-252-02775-8
• No. of pages: 312
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 28 mm
• Weight: 567 g
• Series: Asian American Experience
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research