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The Making of the First “Permanent Outsiders” : A Critical Reading of the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 One Hundred Forty Years Later
The Making of the First “Permanent Outsiders” : A Critical Reading of the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 One Hundred Forty Years Later
The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 was the first federal law that mandated the exclusion of foreigners from immigrating to the United States purely on the basis of race. The law not only profoundly shaped the American experience of the Chinese immigrants in U.S., but also marked the beginning of the end of free immigration […]
