Immigration, exclusion, and taxation: Anti-Chinese legislation in Gold Rush California

Journal of Economic History

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 779-805

  Kanazawa, Mark ^a  

^a CARLETON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMIGRATION; NINETEENTH CENTURY; SOCIAL EXCLUSION; TAX SYSTEM;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 26844550499     PISSN: 00220507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022050705000288     Document Type: Article

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