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Book Synopsis
Tells the dramatic stories of the laborers, merchants, smugglers, and activists who crossed these borders into the twentieth century, and the American and British empire-builders who countered them by hardening racial and national lines.

Trade Review
"Excellent bibliography... Recommended." -- B. Osborne, Queen's University at Kingston Choice

Table of Contents
Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction

1 • Brokering Empire: The Making of a Chinese Transnational Managerial Elite
2 • Contracting Between Empires: Imperial Labor Circuits in the Pacific
3 • Circulating Race and Empire: White Labor Activism and the Transnational Politics of Anti-Asian Agitation
4 • Pacific Insurgencies: Revolution, Resistance, and the Recuperation of Asian Manhood
5 • Policing Migrants and Militants: In Defense of Nation and Empire in the Borderlands
Epilogue and Conclusion

Notes
Bibliography
Index

Pacific Connections

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      Publisher: University of California Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 12/06/2012
      ISBN13: 9780520271692, 978-0520271692
      ISBN10: 0520271696

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Tells the dramatic stories of the laborers, merchants, smugglers, and activists who crossed these borders into the twentieth century, and the American and British empire-builders who countered them by hardening racial and national lines.

      Trade Review
      "Excellent bibliography... Recommended." -- B. Osborne, Queen's University at Kingston Choice

      Table of Contents
      Illustrations
      Acknowledgments
      Introduction

      1 • Brokering Empire: The Making of a Chinese Transnational Managerial Elite
      2 • Contracting Between Empires: Imperial Labor Circuits in the Pacific
      3 • Circulating Race and Empire: White Labor Activism and the Transnational Politics of Anti-Asian Agitation
      4 • Pacific Insurgencies: Revolution, Resistance, and the Recuperation of Asian Manhood
      5 • Policing Migrants and Militants: In Defense of Nation and Empire in the Borderlands
      Epilogue and Conclusion

      Notes
      Bibliography
      Index

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