Tracking the "Yellow Peril"

In this book the author focuses on those Chinese women who wished to settle in America's Midwest during the so-called Exclusion Period (1882-1943). She examines in depth the ways that both men and women and their children entered and departed America; both students and professionals in American schools as well as public charges. Her book addresses in particular the plight of Chinese women as well as Chinese laborers, who were the explicit targets of the Exclusion Laws, and their reactions to those laws. Includes over 300 photos of immigrants, mostly of women, 1,277 entry Every Name Index.