The Course of Exclusion, 1882-1924: San Francisco Newspaper Coverage of the Chinese and Japanese in the United States

by Jules Becker

This work focuses on the reporting done in the four decades from 1882 to 1924 by the Chronicle and the Examiner, the two major San Francisco newspapers, to determine how and why these immigrant groups were singled out for attention by the press and the legal system. For half a century Japanese and Chinese people were targets of a dual campaign: to bar them from entering the United States and to restrict the activities of those who were here. This effort was initiated, developed, and sustained on the West Coast where most of the Chinese and Japanese were located. The present study reveals a story of racial bias which dominated the relationship of the Japanese and Chinese and their new community.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0773498745
• ISBN13: 9780773498747
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: Mellen University Press
• Length: 336 Pages