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...Reginold Bell Pressures on Congress: A Study of the Repeal of Chinese Exclusion . By Fred W. Riggs . New York : King's Crown Press , 1950 . xii, 260 p. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1952 1952 BOOK REVIEWS 471 tions unanswered such as the reality...

...Madeline Y. Hsu Opening the Gates to Asia: A Transpacific History of How America Repealed Asian Exclusion . By Jane H. Hong . Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press , 2019 . xii, 264 pp. ISBN: 9781469653358 (cloth). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 2021...

... of the Repeal of Chinese Exclusion. By FRED V. RlGGS. New York: King's Crown Press, 1950. xii, 260 p. This case study of the various forces and pressures which culminated in the repeal in 1943 of the Chinese exclusion acts will be of primary interest to the student of the dynamics of political action...

... the movement for the repeal of nineteenthcentury venereal disease legislation "a cause regarded by most . . . as too nauseating even to be discussed." This squeamishness, it would seem, has passed down the generations and been replicated by historians, for the story, as we shall see, was hardly something which...

.... 1952 1952 472 THE FAR EASTERN QUARTERLY ganizations as the American Legion, the American Federation of Labor, and the "patriotic" societies especially of the West Coast who had historically opposed repeal; and of enlisting and skillfully using the administrative units of government (the President...

... , 2000 . vi, 155 pp. $24.95. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 2002 2002 1372 THE JOURNAL OF ASIAN STUDIES by reforming corporate governance and repealing the ban in pure holding companies, though he admits that it is not a cure all. (Aoki notes that the ban was in fact...

... is discussed by Yi Gang, whose essay includes an interesting discussion of the U.S. Glass-Steagall Act (implemented in 1933 and repealed in 1999) and its influence on the debate about financial structure in China. Yi concludes that the banking sector faces a complicated future in which it must negotiate a path...

.... 22 S . 1931–94, Engelbrecht, pp. 1795 ff. 23 S . 1941–514; the enactments charging officials of the Labor Office with the investigation of criminal acts of contract coolies were also repealed. 24 Cf . the comment of the reviewer of recent Netherlands works on trade union...

... domestic and foreign sources (p. 133). One way of going about this for Aoki is 1372 THE JOURNAL OF ASIAN STUDIES by reforming corporate governance and repealing the ban in pure holding companies, though he admits that it is not a cure all. (Aoki notes that the ban was in fact repealed in 1997 between...

... no significant decline in the Chinese share of new investments.*4 Organizations representing the Chinese community have devoted a great deal of effort to securing repeal or amendment of the act, but many fear that the same political climate which caused the act's passage will prevent its repeal. Within little...

... particularly true of the section on the Far East. Nonetheless the seven hundred pages of assorted material will surely not cause most seekers of information to complain. The chapter on Eastern Asia and the Pacific gives a large part of its space to the repeal of the Chinese exclusion laws and to resolutions...

... a symbol of revolutionary law—visited the county, spoke to villagers, and investigated. Having established that the kidnapping was a means to achieve freedom of marriage, he repealed the county court's verdict. In three parts, the book traces the events that led to Feng vs. Zhang , the court...

... finally cumulated in an imperial decree of 1754 that allowed free departure and return for all Chinese traders. The decree did not mention labor migration, but it was implicitly tolerated until the formal repeal of all restrictions on emigration in 1893. Throughout the book, Kuhn also insists...

... of information to complain. The chapter on Eastern Asia and the Pacific gives a large part of its space to the repeal of the Chinese exclusion laws and to resolutions and declarations of policy on Philippine independence. Material on Japan is found in the chapter on the Axis powers. This consists chiefly of Mr...

... from a regional, national, and international perspective. The author has included examples of discriminatory legislation and a good description of the problems of "exclusion" Chinatowns. He also discusses the national and international political pressures that resulted in the repeal of discriminatory...

... indistinguishable from indentured servitude were still the standard for Chinese workers in Malaya. Indeed, Governor Sir John Anderson noted at the time that the mere repeal of the law was unlikely to stop the practice of Chinese indentured labor. Another dubious statement is the assertion that the average Indian...

... or repealed shortly after 1952, essentially permitting cartels under controlled circumstances. The restructured and reorganized trade associations still led and staffed by the prewar personalities applied the pressure for this reverse course. Only the Japan Fair Trade Commission remained as the real line...

... because old-fashioned patronclient politics persists, as shown by Danding Cojuangco's strong showing in sugargrowing areas after he promised to repeal the agrarian reform law! The "Three Gs" (guns, goons, and gold) are still important. This reviewer wishes Lande had addressed one other question: did...

... policy has been repealed (141), suggesting that consultation results in better and more stable policy. The final section of the book looks at some of the efforts to implement consultative practices on the ground, including the well-known experiment with participatory budgeting in Zeguo township...

.... That is one of the justifications for its repeal. The domestic political scene is discussed by Robert Laporte, Jr. He has observed Pakistan for many years and is well-prepared to look at a scene in which two political parties and their leaders refuse to work together. His prognosis for democracy is hopeful...