The paradoxes of race, class, identity, and "passing": enforcing the Chinese exclusion acts, 1882-1910

Law and Social Inquiry

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-40

  Calavita, Kitty ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0034558473     PISSN: 08976546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-4469.2000.tb00149.x     Document Type: Article

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