Type
Article
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.
Language
English
Department(s)
Economics
Journal or Book Title
Journal of Economic History
Publication Year
2005
Issue Month/Season
Sep.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Rights Management
Carleton College does not own the copyright to this work and the work is available through the Carleton College Library following the original publisher policies regarding self-archiving. For more information on the copyright status of this work, refer to the current copyright holder.
RoMEO Color
Green
Preprint Archiving
Yes
Postprint Archiving
Yes
Publisher PDF Archiving
Yes (with copyright notice)
Paid OA Option
Yes
Contributing Organization
Carleton College
Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Kanazawa, Mark. 2005. "Immigration, Exclusion and Taxation: Anti-Chinese Legislation in Gold Rush California." Journal of Economic History 65, (3): 779-805. Accessed via Faculty Work. Economics. Carleton Digital Commons. https://digitalcommons.carleton.edu/econ_faculty/2
