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Author Pfaelzer, Jean.

Title Driven out : the forgotten war against Chinese Americans / Jean Pfaelzer.

Publication Info. New York : Random House, [2007]
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Location Call No. Status
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  979.4 PFAELZER    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction  973.04951 PFAELZER    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  979.4 P47    Check Shelf
 South Windsor Public Library - Non Fiction  973.0495 P47D    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  973.0495 PFAELZER    DUE 03-23-22 Billed
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  979.4 PF    DUE 04-27-24
Edition First edition.
Description xxix, 400 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [353]-387) and index.
Contents Introduction : the Chinese called it Pai Hua, or The driven out -- 1. Gold! : "peaceably if we can, forcibly if we must" -- 2. Dead branches -- 3. The woman's tale : "in case I should be kidnapped" -- 4. The Eureka method : "we have no Chinese" -- 5. The Truckee method : fire and ice -- 6. The Chinese rewrite the letter of the law -- 7. A litany of hate : the 1880s -- 8. The dog tag law -- Conclusion : " no place for a Chinaman."
Subject Chinese Americans -- California -- History -- 19th century.
Chinese Americans -- Crimes against -- California -- History -- 19th century.
Chinese Americans -- Relocation -- California -- History -- 19th century.
Racism -- California -- History -- 19th century.
Violence -- California -- History -- 19th century.
Forced migration -- California -- History -- 19th century.
California -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century.
Ethnic neighborhoods -- California -- History -- 19th century.
California -- History, Local.
ISBN 1400061342 (acid-free paper)
9781400061341 (acid-free paper)
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