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Chronicles of America #35
Our foreigners;: A chronicle of Americans in the making
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Hesperides Press are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
255 pages, Unknown Binding
First published January 1, 1920
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January 25, 2016
A lot of the books I've looked at from this time are quite disparaging of the Chinese.
The Japanese were first accepted since they were unskilled workers and could be paid little. Later, as they began to succeed and get some money, they wanted to own their own land, and the white people didn't like that.
This brought California into direct conflict with the Federal Government that wanted relations between the U.S. and Japan to go well. California was upsetting the apple cart, so to speak.
The anti-Japanese feeling in California led to the alien land bill of 1913.
What does around comes around, though. There were anti-Japanese outbreaks in Washington, and anti-American outbreaks in Japan.
The Japanese were first accepted since they were unskilled workers and could be paid little. Later, as they began to succeed and get some money, they wanted to own their own land, and the white people didn't like that.
This brought California into direct conflict with the Federal Government that wanted relations between the U.S. and Japan to go well. California was upsetting the apple cart, so to speak.
The anti-Japanese feeling in California led to the alien land bill of 1913.
What does around comes around, though. There were anti-Japanese outbreaks in Washington, and anti-American outbreaks in Japan.
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