Tag: Immigration

  • Migrants from Tokyo to NYC and London – Tokyo Event

    This presentation came over H-Japan and may be of interest to Transpacifica readers in Tokyo. The 17th TransAsian Cultural Studies Seminar “Cultural Migrants” by Fujita Yuiko (Keio University) (Please note that presentation will be made in Japanese) Date & time: 5-7pm, Dec 7th 2007 Venue: Room 418, 19th Bldg. of Waseda University (http://www.waseda.jp/jp/campus/nishiwaseda.html) Abstract:: In…

  • How the U.S. Invented Illegal Immigration to Keep Out Chinese

    Undocumented immigration today, though mostly debated with Latin Americans and the southern border of the United States in mind, cuts across racial boundaries. At American Heritage, Claire Lui has a useful reminder of where illegal immigration began: the Chinese Exclusion Act. Here’s a start: On May 6, 1882, a century and a quarter ago today,…