The Chinese Exclusion Act: What It Can Teach Us About America

The Chinese Exclusion Act: What It Can Teach Us About America
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This book explores two critical strands in American Studies: policy conversations on legal and illegal immigration and social and educational conversations on diversity and multiculturalism. As author Benjamin Railton shows, a fresh look at the Chinese Exclusion Act overturns much of the received wisdom on immigration and American identity.

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