The burden of white supremacy : containing Asian migration in the British Empire and the United States / David Atkinson.

Author/creator Atkinson, David C., 1975-
Format Book
PublicationChapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2017.
Descriptionpages cm
Subjects
Asians--Migrations.
Immigrants--Great Britain. --Social conditions.
Immigrants--United States. --Social conditions.
White nationalism--Great Britain.
White nationalism--United States.
Asia--Emigration and immigration.
Great Britain--Emigration and immigration.
United States--Emigration and immigration.

Contents Introduction : the politics of Asian mobility in the British Empire and the United States -- The language of immobility in Australasia -- Mobility and indenture in southern Africa -- The politics of Asian labor mobility in North America -- The limits of Anglo-American solidarity and collaboration -- The politics of Asian restriction in a world at war -- Making peace with Asian immobility : London, Paris, and Washington -- Reinforcing Asian immobility on the Pacific Rim -- Conclusion : the burdens of white supremacy.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2016012016
ISBN9781469630267 (cloth ; alk. paper)
ISBN1469630265 (cloth ; alk. paper)
ISBN9781469630274 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
ISBN1469630273 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
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