Chinese Traditional Native-Place Sentiment and the Anti-Chinese Movement
by
Yucheng Qin
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2016
This book is a fresh approach to the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882. Drawing on stunning evidence from newspapers and exciting currents in scholarship, Qin presents a new interpretation of the anti-Chinese movement. By examining Chinese native-place tradition in Chinese history, he shows that Chinese...