Title Racial reconstruction : black inclusion, Chinese exclusion, and the fictions of citizenship / Edlie L. Wong.

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New York : New York University Press, [2015]

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Description	1 online resource.
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Series	America and the long 19th century
	America and the long 19th century.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Introduction: Black inclusion/Chinese exclusion: toward a cultural history of comparative -- Racialization -- Cosa de Cuba!: American literary travels, empire, and the contract Coolie -- From emancipation to exclusion: racial analogy in Afro-Asian periodical print culture -- American futures past: the counterfactual histories of Chinese invasion -- Boycotting exclusion: the transpacific politics of Chinese sentimentalism -- Conclusion: Against historicism: James D. Corrothers and speculations on our racial futures.
Summary	'Racial Reconstruction' explores how the complex histories of Atlantic slavery and abolition influenced Chinese immigration, especially at the level of representation.
Local Note	eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject	American prose literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
	American prose literature.
Chronological Term	19th century
Subject	Chinese -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
	Chinese.
	United States.
	History.
	African Americans -- History -- 19th century.
	African Americans.
	National characteristics, American, in literature.
	National characteristics, American, in literature.
	Labor movement in literature.
	Labor movement in literature.
	Working class in literature.
	Working class in literature.
	Emigration and immigration law -- United States -- History.
	Emigration and immigration law.
	United States -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century.
	Race relations.
Chronological Term	1800-1899
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	Criticism, interpretation, etc.
	History.
Other Form:	Print version: Wong, Edlie L. Racial reconstruction. New York : New York University Press, [2015] 9781479868001 (DLC) 2015015622 (OCoLC)906010899
ISBN	9781479868001 (hardback)
	1479868000
	9781479817962 (paperback)
	9781479899043 (electronic book)
	1479817961
	1479899046 (electronic book)

Title Racial reconstruction : black inclusion, Chinese exclusion, and the fictions of citizenship / Edlie L. Wong.

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