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Subverting exclusion transpacific encounters with race, caste, and borders, 1885-1928 /

Main Author: Geiger, Andrea A. E.
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, c2011.
Series:The Lamar series in western history
Subjects:
Japanese > History > 19th century. > North America
Japanese > History > 20th century. > North America
Japanese > Social conditions. > North America
Racism > History. > North America
Boundaries > Social aspects > North America > History.
Canada > Emigration and immigration > History.
United States > Emigration and immigration > History.
British Columbia > Emigration and immigration > History.
Japan > Emigration and immigration > History.
North America > Race relations.
Online Access:http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10514887
Table of Contents:
  • Caste, status, and mibun
  • Emigration from Meiji Japan
  • Negotiating status and contesting race in North America
  • Confronting White racism
  • The U.S.-Canada border
  • The U.S.-Mexico border
  • Debating the contours of citizenship
  • Reframing community and policing marriage
  • The rhetoric of homogeneity
  • Conclusion: Refracting difference
  • Timeline: Key moments in Japanese immigrants' history in North America to 1928
  • Glossary.

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