Alien nation : Chinese migration in the Americas from the coolie era through World War II

Alien nation : Chinese migration in the Americas from the coolie era through World War II /

"Young traces the pivotal century of Chinese migration to the Americas, beginning with the 1840s at the start of the 'coolie' trade and ending during World War II. This book is the first transnational history of Chinese migration to the Americas. By focusing on the fluidity and comple...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Young, Elliott, 1967-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, 2014.
Series:David J. Weber series in the new borderlands history
Subjects:
1800-1999
Chinese > America > History > 19th century.
Chinese > America > History > 20th century.
Immigrants > America > History.
Foreign workers, Chinese > America > History.
Transnationalism > History.
Community life > America > History.
Ethnicity > America > History.
Chinois > Amérique > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Chinois > Amérique > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Travailleurs étrangers chinois > Amérique > Histoire.
Transnationalisme > Histoire.
Communauté > Amérique > Histoire.
Ethnicité > Amérique > Histoire.
Chinese.
Community life.
Emigration and immigration.
Ethnicity.
Foreign workers, Chinese.
Immigrants.
Race relations.
Transnationalism.
Chinesen
Einwanderung
Ausländischer Arbeitnehmer.
Fremdenfeindlichkeit
Bürokratisierung.
China > Emigration and immigration > History.
America > Emigration and immigration > History.
America > Race relations.
Amérique > Relations raciales.
America.
China.
Amerika
USA.
History.
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Summary:"Young traces the pivotal century of Chinese migration to the Americas, beginning with the 1840s at the start of the 'coolie' trade and ending during World War II. This book is the first transnational history of Chinese migration to the Americas. By focusing on the fluidity and complexity of border crossings throughout the Western Hemisphere, Young shows us how Chinese migrants constructed alternative communities and identities through these transnational pathways"--Provided by publisher
Physical Description:xvi, 360 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-339) and index.
ISBN:9781469612966
1469612968

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