Table of Contents

Racial nativism in America until 1850; the beginning of the Negroization of the Chinese in California - 1850-53; "The Copper of the Pacific" and "the Ebony of the Atlantic" race relations 1854-60; race relations in the Civil War era; congressional reconstruction and the race questions - 1865-69; Americans and the Chinese question - 1865-69; Chinese labour in the South and in New England - 1865-70; Chinese immigrants - African Americans and the retreat from reconstruction - 1870-74; race relations in California - 1870-74; intensification of the anti-Chinese movement - 1874-80; the politics of racism in the Chinese exclusion debates - 1879-82.

Promotional Information

Comparisons of the treatment of the Chinese and African-Americans in the U.S. in the 19th century.

About the Author

Najia Aarim-Heriot is an associate professor in the department of history at the State University of New York at Fredonia.
 

Reviews

ADVANCE PRAISE "In her carefully researched, well-argued and thoughtful book, Aarim-Heriot masterfully unravels the ideas that lie at the core of national politics, contextualizing Caucasian attitudes toward Chinese immigrants within the broad and comparative framework of race." -- John David Smith, author of Slavery, Race and American History.