Racial nativism in America until 1850; the beginning of the Negroization of the Chinese in California - 1850-53; ''The Copper of the Pacific'' and ''the Ebony of the Atlantic'' race relations 1854-60; race relations in the Civil War era; congressional reconstruction and the race questions - 1865-69; Americans and the Chinese question - 1865-69; Chinese labour in the South and in New England - 1865-70; Chinese immigrants - African Americans and the retreat from reconstruction - 1870-74; race relations in California - 1870-74; intensification of the anti-Chinese movement - 1874-80; the politics of racism in the Chinese exclusion debates - 1879-82.
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ADVANCE PRAISE ''In her carefully researched, well-argued and thoughtful book, Aarim-Heriot masterfully unravels the ideas that lie at the core of national politics, contextualizing Caucasian attitudes toward Chinese immigrants within the broad and comparative framework of race.'' -- John David Smith, author of Slavery, Race and American History.