Paper Families - Identity, Immigration Administration, and Chinese Exclusion

Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung A look at how the Chinese Exclusion Act and later legislation affected Chinese American communities! who created fictitious "paper families" to subvert immigration policies. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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

Product details

• Authors: Estelle T Lau, Estelle T. Lau
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.04.2007
• EAN: 9780822337478
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-3747-8
• No. of pages: 232
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 229 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Politics, History, and Culture; Politics, History, and Culture
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research