A Legal History of Asian Americans, 1790-1990 / Edition 1

by Robert H. Hyung Chan Kim

Overview

This book describes the historical and legal experiences of Americans of Asian ancestry who began to come to the United States in the mid-19th century. Like all immigrants in America, they arrived with hopes of making a better life and home in a free country. Instead, Asian-Americans have been mistreated and discriminated against by their fellow Americans—even by Congress and the Supreme Court, which should have made and judged laws without prejudice. This study examines the way immigration and naturalization laws were unfairly administered against Asian immigrants and throws light on a less than admirable period of American legal history. It will be of great interest to scholars in Asian American studies, legal history, and American history.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780313291425
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	04/11/1994
Series:	Contributions in Ethnic Studies , #34
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	216
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.56(d)
Lexile:	1540L (what's this?)

About the Author

HYUNG-CHAN KIM is Professor of Education and Asian American Studies at Western Washington University in Bellingham. He is the author and editor of several books, including the Dictionary of Asian American History Greenwood, 1986).

Table of Contents

Foreword
Preface
Introduction
Colonial Period (1609-1774)
Revolutionary Period (1775-1840)
Beginning of the Federal Control (1841-1882)
The Restriction Period (1882-1920)
The Exclusion Period (1921-1952)
Partial Liberalization Period (1952-1965)
The Liberalization Era (1965-Present)
Select Bibliography
Index

Editorial Reviews

A textbook for an undergraduate course in Asian American Studies, combining the most salient aspects of Kim's studies of major decisions of the US Supreme Court over the past 150 years on litigations brought by persons of Asian ancestry, and of the role of various laws Congress has passed between 1790 and 1990 to establish federal policies for immigration and naturalization--most of which have adversely affected persons of Asian ancestry. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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