Making the Chinese Mexican :: global migration, localism, and exclusion in the U.S.-Mexico borderlands /

This book examines the Chinese diaspora in the U.S.-Mexico borderlands. It presents a fresh perspective on immigration, nationalism, and racism through the experiences of Chinese migrants in the region during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Navigating the interlocking global and l...

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1. Verfasser: Delgado, Grace (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, ©2012.
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Zusammenfassung:This book examines the Chinese diaspora in the U.S.-Mexico borderlands. It presents a fresh perspective on immigration, nationalism, and racism through the experiences of Chinese migrants in the region during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Navigating the interlocking global and local systems of migration that underlay Chinese borderlands communities, the author situates the often-paradoxical existence of these communities within the turbulence of exclusionary nationalisms.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xiii, 304 pages) : illustrations, maps, portraits
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780804783712
0804783713