Alien nation : Chinese migration in the Americas from the coolie era through World War II /
Young, Elliott, 1967-
Alien nation : Chinese migration in the Americas from the coolie era through World War II / Elliott Young. - 1 online resource (xvi, 360 pages) : illustrations, maps. - The David J. Weber series in the new borderlands history . - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. History Supplement. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Note on language and terminology -- Introduction: Aliens and the nation -- Part 1. Coolies and contracts, 1847-1874 -- Contested sovereignties : coolies on the high seas -- Contracting freedom -- Part 2. Clandestine crossings and the production of illegal aliens, 1882-1900 -- The rights of man and of the citizen, 1882-1900 -- The immigration bureaucracy and the production of illegal aliens -- Clandestine crossings to the United States -- Part 3. Competing revolutionary nationalisms, 1900-1940 -- Revolutionary nationalism and xenophobia -- Chinese diasporic networks -- Epilogue.
"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.
9781469612973 (electronic bk.) 1469612976 (electronic bk.) 9781469613406 (electronic bk.) 1469613409 (electronic bk.)
22573/cttbvhppp JSTOR 0F149B29-A74C-44E4-8396-E605F868DEA6 OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com
1800-1999
Chinese--History--America--19th century.
Chinese--History--America--20th century.
Immigrants--History.--America
Foreign workers, Chinese--History.--America
Transnationalism--History.
Community life--History.--America
Ethnicity--History.--America
Chinois--Histoire--Amérique--19e siècle.
Chinois--Histoire--Amérique--20e siècle.
Travailleurs étrangers chinois--Histoire.--Amérique
Transnationalisme--Histoire.
Communauté--Histoire.--Amérique
Ethnicité--Histoire.--Amérique
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Emigration & Immigration.
HISTORY--Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)
Chinese.
Community life.
Emigration and immigration.
Ethnicity.
Foreign workers, Chinese.
Immigrants.
Race relations.
Transnationalism.
China--Emigration and immigration--History.
America--Emigration and immigration--History.
America--Race relations.
Amérique--Relations raciales.
America.
China.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
E29.C5 / Y68 2014eb
304.8/951073
Alien nation : Chinese migration in the Americas from the coolie era through World War II / Elliott Young. - 1 online resource (xvi, 360 pages) : illustrations, maps. - The David J. Weber series in the new borderlands history . - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. History Supplement. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Note on language and terminology -- Introduction: Aliens and the nation -- Part 1. Coolies and contracts, 1847-1874 -- Contested sovereignties : coolies on the high seas -- Contracting freedom -- Part 2. Clandestine crossings and the production of illegal aliens, 1882-1900 -- The rights of man and of the citizen, 1882-1900 -- The immigration bureaucracy and the production of illegal aliens -- Clandestine crossings to the United States -- Part 3. Competing revolutionary nationalisms, 1900-1940 -- Revolutionary nationalism and xenophobia -- Chinese diasporic networks -- Epilogue.
"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.
9781469612973 (electronic bk.) 1469612976 (electronic bk.) 9781469613406 (electronic bk.) 1469613409 (electronic bk.)
22573/cttbvhppp JSTOR 0F149B29-A74C-44E4-8396-E605F868DEA6 OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com
1800-1999
Chinese--History--America--19th century.
Chinese--History--America--20th century.
Immigrants--History.--America
Foreign workers, Chinese--History.--America
Transnationalism--History.
Community life--History.--America
Ethnicity--History.--America
Chinois--Histoire--Amérique--19e siècle.
Chinois--Histoire--Amérique--20e siècle.
Travailleurs étrangers chinois--Histoire.--Amérique
Transnationalisme--Histoire.
Communauté--Histoire.--Amérique
Ethnicité--Histoire.--Amérique
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Emigration & Immigration.
HISTORY--Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)
Chinese.
Community life.
Emigration and immigration.
Ethnicity.
Foreign workers, Chinese.
Immigrants.
Race relations.
Transnationalism.
China--Emigration and immigration--History.
America--Emigration and immigration--History.
America--Race relations.
Amérique--Relations raciales.
America.
China.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
E29.C5 / Y68 2014eb
304.8/951073