Making and Remaking Asian America

by Bill Ong Hing

Book Overview

In 1882, Congress enacted immigration legislation excluding "idiots," "lunatics," and "Chinese laborers." Eventually, a series of laws restricted the entry of every Asian group, though over a period of decades these laws were repealed one by one. The most dramatic change in immigration law came in 1965. Though designed to encourage European immigration, the unintended result of changes in the selection system was that the Asian immigrant population...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804723605
• ISBN13: 9780804723602
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 356 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"