The Road to Chinese Exclusion: The Denver Riot, 1880 Election, and Rise of the West
"Zhu's study of regional politics in the American West leading to the national decision to exclude Chinese from the country is a must-read for those wanting to understand the current immigration dilemma."--William Wei, author ofThe Asian American Movement"Zhu breaks new, important ground in this superbly researched volume. His cross-continental study links the 1880 Denver Anti-Chinese Riot with the unexpected outcome of that year's election. Here, for the first time, we see the revealing connections between racism and politics in the 1880 election and in the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882."--Richard W. Etulain, author ofRe-Imagining the Modern American West"A diligently researched, clearly written,  illuminating look into  a scary closet of America's dark history. Rarely are local and national history so skillfully intertwined."--Tom Noel, Director of Public History, Preservation & Colorado Studies, University of Colorado Denver"Zhu's revelations about the impact of the Denver Riot are fascinating and offer a new look at the Election of 1880 and the changing sectional rivalries playing out in the late nineteenth century."--Diana Ahmad, author ofThe Opium Debate and Chinese Exclusion Laws in the Nineteenth-Century American West