Litigation and subterfuge: Chinese immigrant mobilization during the Chinese exclusion era

Sociological Spectrum

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 403-432

  Lu, Alexander ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77953100271     PISSN: 02732173     EISSN: 15210707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02732171003641024     Document Type: Article

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