ASAMST 20AC Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: National Grange Of The Order Of Patrons Of Husbandry, Japanese Americans, White Supremacy
11 Oct 2017
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Anti (thought they were a threat to white labor) Non-interference by government aka an invisible hand. Ease in travel & transport of goods. 1868-1893: cost of transporting goods reduced 400% Nation of small farmers/local needs nation big farmers/national economy. Production reliant upon national supply and demand. Ripple effect -- changes in one location affected the rest. Bust: (anti-immigrant and anti-asian hostility asians would be blamed for unemployment) Labor movement ideology not drawn along class line but along racial lines. Alliances with white labor movement in california. Levels of hostility: prejudice negative portrayals came from, economic discrimination, political disenfranchisement, physical violence, immigration exclusion, social segregation, incarceration. Traders who had earlier dealings with china. No voting rights subject to discriminatory legislation; violence. Chinese were not white, not eligible for citizens. No exemptions for naturalization rights: physical violence. Hangings of 16 chinese men and 1 women.
