Asian Americans and Congress - A Documentary History

List of contents

Foreword by Thomas E. Stuen
Preface
American Naturalization and Immigration Policy: Asian American Perspective by Hyung-chan Kim
Asians and the Reconstruction Era Constitutional Amendments and Civil Rights Laws by John Hayakawa Torok
The Chinese Exclusion Laws: Congress and the Politics of Unbridled Passion by Hudson N. Janisch
The Immigration Act of 1917: The Indian Exclusion Act by Arthur W. Helweg
The Nationality Origins Act of 1924 by Lee A. Makela
The Tydings-McDuffie Act of 1934 by H. Brett Melendy
Towards Repeal of Asian Exclusion: The Magnuson Act of 1943, The Act of July 2, 1946, The Presidential Proclamation of July 4, 1946, The Act of August 9, 1946, and the Act of August 1, 1950 by Neil Gotanda
Asian Americans and the McCarran-Walter Act by William R. Tomoyo
The Immigration Act of 1965 by Charles B. Keely
Indexes

About the author

HYUNG-CHAN KIM is Professor of Education and Asian American Studies at Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington. He is the author of the Dictionary of Asian American History also published by Greenwood Press.

Product details

• Authors: Robert Hyung Chan Kim, Robert H. Hyung Chan Kim
• Assisted by: Hyung-Chan Kim (Editor)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.02.1996
• EAN: 9780313285950
• ISBN: 978-0-313-28595-0
• Series: Documentary Reference Collections
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; USA, American History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civics & Citizenship, 20th Century, HISTORY / Social History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy, Social & cultural history, LAW / Constitutional, LAW / Jurisprudence, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Migration, immigration & emigration, Social and cultural history, United States of America, USA, Migration, immigration and emigration, Jurisprudence & general issues, Social Law, Civil rights & citizenship, C 1700 To C 1800, Civics and citizenship, Jurisprudence and general issues, Citizenship and nationality law, Citizenship & nationality law, Social law and Medical law, Relating to migrant groups / diaspora communities or peoples