{"product_id":"the-chinese-exclusion-act-what-it-can-teach-us-about-america-9781137339089","title":"The Chinese Exclusion Act: What It Can Teach Us about America","description":"This book explores two critical strands in American Studies: policy conversations on legal and illegal immigration and social and educational conversations on diversity and multiculturalism. As author Benjamin Railton shows, a fresh look at the Chinese Exclusion Act overturns much of the received wisdom on immigration and American identity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e B. Railton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Palgrave Pivot\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/11\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 74\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.57lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.31d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781137339089\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBen Railton is Associate Professor of English Studies and American Studies at Fitchburg State University in Massachusetts, USA. He is the author of Redefining American Identity: From Cabeza de Vaca to Barack Obama (2011); Contesting the Past, Reconstructing the Nation: American Literature and Culture in the Gilded Age, 1876-1893 (2007); and numerous articles on American literature and culture.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Palgrave Pivot","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45465178800243,"sku":"9781137339089","price":93.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_32310c13-5e1c-449b-b33a-7ad84925bd3f.jpg?v=1788954646","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-chinese-exclusion-act-what-it-can-teach-us-about-america-9781137339089","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}