Chinese exclusion and the open door with China: Structural contradictions and the 'chaos' of law, 1882-1910

Social and Legal Studies

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 203-226

  Calavita, Kitty ^a  

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EID: 0035532915     PISSN: 09646639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/a017401     Document Type: Article

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