The Chinese Must Go: Violence, Exclusion, and the Making of the Alien in America
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- Author：Beth Lew-Williams
- ISBN：067426035X
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Reviews
Sy
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What a compelling work。 The “grassroots” violence including decimations in the nineteenth century was no where near the horror created by the systematically legislated alienation throughout the twentieth century that still haunts us today。 “Heathen Chinaman”。
Paul
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A mob of nativist， white supremacist， economically insecure Americans demonize brown-skinned people， form mobs to harass immigrants， and create paramilitary groups to patrol the borders for alleged "illegals。" Thank goodness America has changed since the 1880s。 A mob of nativist， white supremacist， economically insecure Americans demonize brown-skinned people， form mobs to harass immigrants， and create paramilitary groups to patrol the borders for alleged "illegals。" Thank goodness America has changed since the 1880s。 。。。more
Courtney Chartier
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A very compelling read。 Lew-Williams traces the story of localized， racial violence against Chinese migrants in the Pacific Northwest （primarily） twinned with the story of national efforts to maintain economic relationships with China。 The government wanted open trade networks， major business owners wanted a source of cheap labor， and the white working-class wanted the competition eliminated。 The story of who wins and in what ways is fascinating and concludes with a lesson on the making of the " A very compelling read。 Lew-Williams traces the story of localized， racial violence against Chinese migrants in the Pacific Northwest （primarily） twinned with the story of national efforts to maintain economic relationships with China。 The government wanted open trade networks， major business owners wanted a source of cheap labor， and the white working-class wanted the competition eliminated。 The story of who wins and in what ways is fascinating and concludes with a lesson on the making of the "alien" and the "citizen" in the U。S。 Her work also serves to correct assumptions by historians about Chinese migrants （the big one: they weren't transient; they were often violently removed from their homes and run out of town）。Always delighted to see excellent footnotes and wonderful use of archival records！ 。。。more
Thomas Ray
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See also Sucheng Chan's books: https://www。goodreads。com/author/list。。。 See also Sucheng Chan's books: https://www。goodreads。com/author/list。。。 。。。more
Matthew Rohn
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Lew-Williams' blending of individual experiences of anti-Chinese violence and the grand political questions of American immigration and racial policy in this period is deeply impressive in a way that only a few other books such as Cold War Civil Rights have done。 Also demonstrates the administrative problem of the sheer scale of the United States and the frontier in the 19th century in a way that I haven't seen before。 A deeply impressive and nicely compact book Lew-Williams' blending of individual experiences of anti-Chinese violence and the grand political questions of American immigration and racial policy in this period is deeply impressive in a way that only a few other books such as Cold War Civil Rights have done。 Also demonstrates the administrative problem of the sheer scale of the United States and the frontier in the 19th century in a way that I haven't seen before。 A deeply impressive and nicely compact book 。。。more
Josh Reid
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Outstanding！ Well written and deeply researched。
Mills College Library
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305。8951 L669 2018
Lisa
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