Description: The Road to Chinese Exclusion by Liping Zhu Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New Description This first detailed account of the Denver Anti-Chinese Riot of 1880 tells the complex story of how anti-Chinese nativism in the nineteenth century grew from a regional political issue to a full-fledged national concern. Provides a new way of understanding late nineteenth-century race relations, as well as American sectionalism. Publisher Description Denver in the Gilded Age may have been an economic boomtown, but it was also a powder keg waiting to explode. When that inevitable eruption occurred—in the Anti-Chinese Riot of 1880—it was sparked by white resentment at the growing encroachment of Chinese immigrants who had crossed the Pacific Ocean and journeyed overland in response to an expanding labour market. Liping Zhus book provides the first detailed account of this momentous conflagration and carefully delineates the story of how anti-Chinese nativism in the nineteenth century grew from a regional political concern to a full-fledged national issue. Zhu tells a complex tale about race, class, and politics. He reconstructs the drama of the riot—with Denvers Rocky Mountain News fanning the flames by labelling the Chinese "the pest of the Pacific"—and relates how white mobs ransacked Chinatown while other citizens took pains to protect their Asian neighbours. Occurring two days before the national election, it had a decisive impact on sectional political alignments that would undercut the nations promise of equal rights for all peoples made after the Civil War and would have repercussions lasting well into the next century.By examining the relationship between the anti-Chinese movement and the rise of the West, this work sheds new light on our understanding of racial politics and sectionalism in the post-Reconstruction era. As the Wests newfound political muscle threatened Republican hegemony in national politics, many Republican legislators compromised their commitment to equal rights and unfettered immigration by joining Democrats to pass the noxious 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act—which was not repealed until 1943 and only earned congressional apologies in 2011 and 2012. The Denver Anti-Chinese Riot strikes at the core of the national debate over race and region in the late nineteenth century as it demonstrates a correlation between the national retreat from the campaign for racial equality and the rise of the American West to national political prominence. Thanks to Zhus powerful narrative, this once overlooked event now has a place in the saga of American history—and serves as a potent reminder that in the real world of bare-knuckle politics, competing for votes often trumps fidelity to principle. Author Biography Liping Zhu is professor of history at Eastern Washington University, USA, author of A Chinamans Chance: The Chinese on the Rocky Mountain Mining Frontier, and coauthor of Ethnic Oasis: The Chinese in the Black Hills. Details ISBN 0700619194 ISBN-13 9780700619191 Title The Road to Chinese Exclusion Author Liping Zhu Format Hardcover Year 2013 Pages 376 Publisher University Press of Kansas GE_Item_ID:76986925; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys
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ISBN-13: 9780700619191
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Book Title: Road to Chinese Exclusion : the Denver Riot, 1880 Election, and Rise of the West
Number of Pages: 376 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Topic: Political Process / Campaigns & Elections, United States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY), Discrimination & Race Relations, Emigration & Immigration, Ethnic Studies / Asian American Studies, United States / 19th Century, American Government / General
Publication Year: 2013
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Genre: Political Science, Social Science, History
Item Weight: 12.3 Oz
Author: Liping Zhu
Item Length: 9.2 in
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Hardcover
