Gold Mountain Turned to Dust: Essays on the Legal History of the Chinese in the Nineteenth-Century American West

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Synopsis
Some half million Chinese immigrants settled in the American West in the nineteenth century. In spite of their vital contributions to the economy in gold mining, railroad construction, the founding of small businesses, and land reclamation, the Chinese were targets of systematic political discrimination and widespread violence. This legal history of the Chinese experience in the American West, based on the author&’s lifetime of research in legal sources all over the West—from California to Montana to New Mexico—serves as a basic account of the legal treatment of Chinese immigrants in the West.The first two essays deal with anti-Chinese racial violence and judicial discrimination. The remainder of the book examines legal precedents and judicial doctrines derived from Chinese cases in specific western states. The Chinese, Wunder shows, used the American legal system to protect their rights and test a variety of legal doctrines, making vital contributions to the legal history of the American West.
Copyright:
2018

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
200 Pages
ISBN-13:
9780826359391
Related ISBNs:
9780826359384
Publisher:
University of New Mexico Press
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
the University of New Mexico Press
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
History, Nonfiction, Social Studies, Law, Legal Issues and Ethics
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Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.
Foreword by:
Liping Zhu

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