Paper trail: Chasing the Chinese in the Cape (1904-1933)
The Chinese Exclusion Act passed by the Cape parliament in 1904 was one of the first pieces of legislation promulgated in the southern region of Africa where a particular 'racial group' was singled out, documented and discriminated against. Although it had trans-oceanic antecedents and tap...
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| Language: | English |
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University of the Western Cape, Centre for Humanities Research and the History Department
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| Series: | Kronos |
| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.org.za/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0259-01902014000100006&lng=en&tlng=en |