Asian Migration to Australia: the Background to Exclusion 1896-1923 by A T Yarwood

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Secondhand. Good condition. Ex-library copy with external stickers and protective plastic non-adhesive covering. Stamps on inside pages. Wear to book corners and edges. Sunning to foredges. Dust jacket is in very good condition.

In 1901, the first session of the new Federal Parliament passed the Immigration Restriction Act. The formulation and administration of Australian policy towards Asian immigration between 1896 and 1923 centred on this Act.

The parliamentary debates leading to a settled policy are studied in this book. against the backdrop of British imperial and Japanese diplomatic pressures, of community attitudes and representations by various economic groups.

The differing treatment of four main Asian groups (Japanese, Chinese, Indian, and Syrian) is examined in separate chapters, with the aim of highlighting the domestic and overseas influences that shaped public attitudes and administrative policy in each case.