The 1882 Exclusion Act prohibited Chinese laborers from entering the country and becoming citizens. It also ushered in the most violent decade in Chinese-American history, with assault, arson and murder becoming ever-present dangers for a people marginali

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by 燕婷 | 2013-08-15

The flow of immigration (encouraged by the Burlingame Treaty of 1868) was stopped by the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882. This act outlawed all Chinese immigration to the United States and denied citizenship to those already settled in the country. Renewed

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by 燕婷 | 2013-07-18

Chinese-American literature refers to fictions written in English by Americans of Chinese origin. As Chinese began to immigrate to the United States during the gold-rush age, and most of them have been struggling at the bottom of the American society, the

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by 燕婷 | 2013-07-18

In the Bayview Hunters Point neighborhood, an economic growth spurt began in 1938 when the U.S. Navy evoked eminent domain to take land that was repurposed to create one of the most important shipyards to operate during World War II.

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by 燕婷 | 2013-07-18

Since the turn of the century, Chinese hand laundries have played a requisite part in the larger community. In the days when Asian immigrants were granted easy passage, thousands came to the States looking for opportunities. There were Chinese-owned hand

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by 燕婷 | 2013-07-18

On September 27, 2009, Lecturer Harvey Dong led his Chinese American History class on a field trip to the second annual Chinatown Mall Culture Fair in Sacramento Chinatown. Students traveled by Amtrak to the exact location in Sacramento where the Western

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