The non‐identical Chinese twins
Traditional China and Chinese Yankees at the centennial exposition of 1876
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 16769317 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John Haddad (The University of Texas at Austin, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2000 |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 51-100 |
| Publication date | 2000-09-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Nineteenth Century History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1466-4658 • E-ISSN: 1743-7903 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14664650008567024 |
| OpenAlex | W2090941785 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 20 |
Six years before the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, Americans gazed at China through an elaborate exhibit brought to the Centennial Exposition. ‘Orientalists’ praised the exotic beauty of the objects and the sophistication of the Chinese attendants, but they were enamored only with Chinese high culture. In contrast, ‘Progressives’ saw the exhibit as proof of China's stubborn refusal to enter the modern world. When 113 Chinese boys studying in New England schools toured the exposition, Orientalist and Progressive opinions converged. Both groups agreed that these boys demonstrated the requisite intellectual ability and cultural refinement to undergo the Americanization process successfully. By revealing this critical link between citizenship and class (comprising education, status, and professional achievement), reactions to the Chinese presence at the exposition shed light on the widespread movement to curtail Chinese immigration
Art · Centennial · China · Chinese americans · Chinese culture · Exposition (narrative · Immigration · Literature · Orientalism · Political science · Social science · Sociology · Sophistication · Asian American and Pacific Histories · Gender Studies · History · Japanese History and Culture · Law · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy
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Imperial Eyes
Machines as the Measure of Men
Unbound Feet
All the World a Melting Pot? Japan at American Fairs, 1876–1904
The Indispensable Enemy
The I.G. in Peking
My Life in China and America
"Huang Tsun-Hsien's Poem "The Closure of The Educational Mission in America
Yung Wing and the Americanization of China
The Unwelcome Immigrant
The Hatchet Men
China's First Hundred
Chinese History and the Question of Orientalism
| Highly cited | No |
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