01:920:108 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Chinese People In Japan, Family Reunification, Ethnic Group
19 Dec 2016
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Sociology 108 - minority groups in american society. Laws and policies regulating chinese and japanese immigration. Chinese women from entering for lewd or immoral purposes. Japanese and other oriental women included; chinese women the real target. Yes; gentlemen"s agreement of 1907-8 wives and children of laborers permitted. Laws and policies affecting asian immigration: 1875 page act, 1882 chinese exclusion act - made permanent in 1902, 1907-8 gentlemen"s agreement, the barred zone act - 1917, 1924 immigration act. Chinese immigrants in settling the west: push and pull factors, early chinese society largely male and bachelor. Provide cheap labor in mining, railroad construction, and light manufacturing: role of women.
