Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations ix
4. Tables xi
5. Abbreviations xiii
6. Note on Transliterations xv
7. Chapter 1. Gateways and Gates in American Immigration History 1
8. Chapter 2. “The Anglo-Saxons of the Orient” Student Exceptions to the Racial Bar against Chinese, 1872−1925 23
9. Chapter 3. The China Institute in America Advocating for China through Educational Exchange, 1926–1937 55
10. Chapter 4. “A Pressing Problem of Interracial Justice” Repealing Chinese Exclusion, 1937–1943 81
11. Chapter 5. The Wartime Transformation of Student Visitors into Refugee Citizens, 1943–1955 104
12. Chapter 6. “The Best Type of Chinese” Aid Refugee Chinese Intellectuals and Symbolic Refugee Relief, 1952–1960 130
13. Chapter 7. “Economic and Humanitarian” Propaganda and the Redemption of Chinese Immigrants through Refugee Relief 166
14. Chapter 8. Symbiotic Brain Drains Immigration Reform and the Knowledge Worker Recruitment Act of 1965 198
15. Chapter 9. Conclusion The American Marketplace of Brains 236
16. Acknowledgments 251
17. Appendix 257
18. Notes 259
19. Bibliography 313
20. Index 325