Racial reconstruction : Black inclusion, Chinese exclusion, and the fictions of citizenship / Edlie L. Wong.

"The end of the Atlantic slave trade and slavery triggered wide-scale labor shortages across the U.S. and Caribbean. Planters looked to China as a source for labor replenishment, importing indentured laborers in what became known as "coolieism." From heated Senate floor debates to Sup...

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Main Author: Wong, Edlie L. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : New York University Press, [2015]
Series:America and the long 19th century.
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Call Number: PS368 .W66 2015
Status: Available