TY - JOUR
AU - Liang, Mao-xin
AB - Book Reviews "British North America," or even ''America.'' If They Don'tBring Their WOmen Here: Chinese Those geographical identifiers obviously do Female Immigration before Exclusion. By not all encompass the same territory and have George Anthony Peffer. (Urbana: University made it difficult to get a clear fix on the migra­ of Illinois Press, 1999. xviii, 164 pp. Cloth tion. Moreover, most of the previous studies $35.00, ISBN 0-252-02469-9. Paper, $17.95, have included the Irish, although William E. ISBN 0-252-06777-0.) Van Vugt resolutely excludes them here, re­ grettably without ever explaining his reasons The history of Chinese immigration to the for this decision. United States is not a new field. The immigra­ tion of Chinese women before 1882, however, For the most part, this was a movement of relatively prosperous people. Most were not has received little attention from historians. forced to leave but rather chose to depart. The George Anthony Peffer's illuminating, well­ English predominated. Over two-thirds of the designed, and compellingly written work, If immigrants were males; many were young and They Don't Bring Their WOmen Here, fills this single. But large numbers of women also gap and presents a truly comprehensive expla­ came. One-third of both males and 
TI - If They Don't Bring Their Women Here: Chinese Female Immigration before Exclusion. By George Anthony Peffer. (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1999. xviii, 164 pp. Cloth $35.00, ISBN 0-252-02469-9. Paper, $17.95, ISBN 0-252-06777-0.)
JO - The Journal of American History
DO - 10.2307/2675336
DA - 2000-12-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/if-they-don-t-bring-their-women-here-chinese-female-immigration-before-UfMPQ0nqmt
SP - 1039
EP - 1040
VL - 87
IS - 3
DP - DeepDyve
ER -