At America's Gates: Chinese Immigration During the Exclusion Era, 1882-1943, Paperback - Erika Lee

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Erika LeeWith the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, Chinese laborers became the first group in American history to be excluded...

Traces the history of yellowface, the theatrical convention of non-Asian actors putting on makeup and costume to look East Asian. Using specific ca...

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How has the Chinese central government been able to avoid the crippling hyperinflation that has bedeviled so many developing and centrally planned ...

Reducere. From 1910 to 1940, over half a million people sailed through the Golden Gate, hoping to start a new life in America. But they did not all disembark...

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Reducere. The first comprehensive historical study of evolving enforcement efforts on American land borders at the turn of the twentieth century.

Reducere. Mere months before the attack on Pearl Harbor, President Franklin D. Roosevelt sent a volunteer group of American airmen to the Far East, convinced...

DescriptionAn estimated 60, 000 Chinese entered Mexico during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, constituting Mexico's second-large...

Reducere. During World War II, Elaine Black Yoneda, the daughter of Russian Jewish immigrants, spent eight months in a concentration camp--not in Europe, but...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Jerome KarabelA landmark, revelatory history of admissions from 1900 to today--and how it shaped a nation The competition f...

In popular memory, Ellis Island is typically seen as a gateway for Europeans seeking to join the 'great American melting pot'. But as this fresh ex...

Reducere. Over the course of less than a century, the U.S. transformed from a nation that excluded Asians from immigration and citizenship to one that receiv...

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Making the Chinese Mexican is the first book to examine the Chinese diaspora in the U.S.-Mexico borderlands. It presents a fresh perspective on imm...

Reducere. In the early years of the Cold War, the United States mounted expansive public diplomacy programs in the Global South, including initiatives with t...

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Reducere. Hurlingham House school is a high-achiever's heaven, full of happy, hard-working pupils. There's just the small matter of the dead body on the fiel...

Publisher: Harvard University PressAuthor(s): Beth Lew-WilliamsIllustration(s): 6 MapsNumber of pages: 360Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 156 x 2...

Two hundred years after the massacre of protestors in Manchester, known as Peterloo, distinguished scholars of Romantic-era literature join togethe...

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Pink Floyd's debut album released in 1967, featuring the original line-up of Syd Barrett, Roger Waters, Richard Wright and Nick Mason

Publisher: Prometheus BooksAuthor(s): Janardan Prasad SinghNumber of pages: 314Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 150 x 229 x 23Cover type: Paperbac...

Reducere. This timeless memoir documents two sisters' bravery leading up to WWII--a singular historical account that shines a light on one of humanity's dark...

This book is about stagecoach travel during the Napoleonic War, the era of Austen and Dickens, and the early years of Queen Victoria. Its covers tr...

Publisher: Polity PressAuthor(s): Daniel LargeNumber of pages: 250Collection: China TodayPublication date: 2021Dimensions: 149 x 210 x 25Cover type...

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Reducere. Do all dogs and cats really go to heaven? Yes, they do The death of your beloved pet can be one of the most heartbreaking losses you'll ever endure...

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Reducere. General George Joulwan played a role in many pivotal world events during his long and exceptional career. Present at both the rise and fall of the ...

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Description#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The author of The Devil in the White City and Dead Wake delivers an intimate chronicle of Winston Churchi...