Carleton Author

Kanazawa, Mark

Department

Economics

Journal Title

Journal of Economic History

Publication Date

2005

Month/Season

Sep.

Volume No.

65

Issue No.

3

First Page

779

Last Page

805

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

File Name

006_Kanazawa-Mark_ImmigrationExclusionTaxationAntiChineseLegislationInGoldRushCalifornia.pdf

Abstract

Historical scholarship on the politics of nineteenth-century Chinese immigration emphasizes the interests of labor and management in the genesis of congressional legislation in 1882 that limited Chinese immigration into the United States. This article examines early state attempts at the exclusion of Chinese workers after the first major wave of Chinese immigration during the California Gold Rush. Opposition to exclusion occurred in California in the early 1850s because Chinese immigrants were important taxpayers when both the state and localities were experiencing major fiscal difficulties. State attempts to legislate exclusion were successful only after financial conditions improved in the late 1850s.

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Green

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Yes

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Yes

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Yes (with copyright notice)

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Carleton College

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Article

Format

application/pdf

Language

English

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