Who's Who of the Chinese in New York
date: label: copyright
content: 1918
notes: label: Description
content: This book was originally published in 1918. An early opponent of anti-Chinese bigotry, Van Norden argues for the economic benefit of bringing Chinese farmers to the U.S. Van Norden wrote this book to highlight the achievements of Chinese Americans. The book identifies important Chinese people in New York and gives a brief history of their background and current occupation. It details the activities of the Chinese and Chinese societies in New York. However, the activities did not include that of laborers.
label: Description
content: Anti-Chinese sentiment was prevalent at the time of the book’s publication. The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 suspended the immigration of Chinese laborers to the U.S., limited the immigration of the wives and children of the Chinese laborers already in the U.S., and prevented the Chinese from becoming naturalized citizens. The Chinese Exclusion Act was repealed in 1943.
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label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York
topic: label: Subject
content: Asian Pacific Americans
label: Subject
content: Asian Americans
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content: Chinese Americans
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content: Work and Industry: Asian Pacific American Business
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2019.0268.01
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content: 2019.0268.01
label: accession number
content: 2019.0268
objectType: label: Object Name
content: book
label: Object Type
content: Book
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 18.3 cm x 12.1 cm x 1.8 cm; 7 7/32 in x 4 3/4 in x 23/32 in