Includes bibliographical references (p. [353]-387) and index.
Contents
List of illustrations -- Introduction : The Chinese called it Pai Hua, or The driven out -- Gold! : "Peaceably if we can, forcibly if we must" -- Dead branches -- The woman's tale : "In case I should be kidnapped" -- The Eureka method : "We have no Chinese" -- The Truckee method : fire and ice -- The Chinese rewrite the letter of the law -- A litany of hate : the 1880s -- The dog tag law -- Conclusion : "No place for a Chinaman" -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index.