Tracing Early Chinese Immigration into the United States: The Use of I.N.S. Documents.

Aubitz, Shawn

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ERIC Number: EJ384815

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1988

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Tracing Early Chinese Immigration into the United States: The Use of I.N.S. Documents.

Aubitz, Shawn

Amerasia Journal, v14 n2 p37-46 1988

Examines the Chinese Exclusion Case Files of the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), which documented the influx of Chinese immigrants from 1882-1923, the time when Chinese immigration was first limited and ultimately stopped altogether. These files contain data on thousands of immigrants, documenting their experience, aspirations, and disappointments. (BJV)

Descriptors: Case Records, Chinese, Chinese Americans, Data Collection, Federal Government, Immigrants, Individual Characteristics, Information Seeking, Public Policy, Records (Forms), United States History

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Historical Materials; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: United States

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