Title The Chinese Exclusion Act and its relevance today / by Duchess Harris, JD, PHD ; with Kate Conley. [Boundless electronic resource]

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Core Library, 2019.

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Description	1 online resource
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Contents	A letter from Duchess -- Gold Mountain -- Growing mistrust -- Life under the Act -- The Act's legacy -- Fast facts -- Stop and think.
Summary	In the late 1800s, racial tensions between white and Chinese Americans were high. The US government passed the Chinese Exclusion Act in 1882. This act restricted immigration from China. This book explores this act's effects and its influence on modern immigration laws. Includes text, images, and back matter, plus a table of contents, infographics, a glossary, additional resources, and an index.
Audience	740L Lexile
System Details	Requires Boundless App.
Subject	United States. Chinese Exclusion Act -- Juvenile literature.
Chronological Term	1800-1899
Subject	Chinese Americans -- History -- Juvenile literature.
	Chinese -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature.
	Chinese -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
	Chinese Americans -- Social conditions -- Juvenile literature.
	Race discrimination -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature.
	Emigration and immigration law -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
	Immigrants -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature.
	Emigration and immigration law.
	Emigration and immigration -- Government policy.
	Chinese -- Legal status, laws, etc.
	Chinese Americans -- Social conditions.
	Chinese.
	Chinese Americans.
	Citizenship.
	Immigrants.
	Race discrimination.
	United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Government policy -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature.
	United States.
Genre	Electronic books.
	Electronic books.
	History.
	Juvenile works.
Added Author	Boundless (Digital media service)
ISBN	9781532175626 $34.22
	1532175620 $34.22

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