Doctoral Dissertation Research: Paper Families: Identity, Immigration Administration and Chinese Exclusion

本研究追溯了移民服务局对中国移民的识别和处理，以及移民对移民服务局活动的反应。它特别关注通过出售和创造虚假的亲属关系来规避1882年至1943年美国几乎铁板钉钉的移民法，创造“纸上家庭”。该项目旨在展示中国人的个人身份是如何通过人类行为和结构约束的相互作用而发展起来的。它还试图展示移民管理的性质是如何在一定程度上对这些中国移民创造身份的方法作出反应而发展起来的。它将促进对华裔美国人身份和文化的一个关键因素的理解。%%%%本研究追踪移民局对中国移民的识别和处理，以及移民对移民局活动的反应。它特别关注通过出售和创造虚假的亲属关系来规避1882年至1943年美国几乎铁板钉钉的移民法，创造“纸上家庭”。该项目旨在展示中国人的个人身份是如何通过人类行为和结构约束的相互作用而发展起来的。它还试图展示移民管理的性质是如何在一定程度上对这些中国移民创造身份的方法作出反应而发展起来的。它将促进对华裔美国人身份和文化的一个关键因素的理解。**** p: \ lss \ abstrf95 \ 9531190.三种

9531190 Laumann This research traces Immigration Service identification and processing of Chinese immigrants and the immigrants reactions to the Service's activities. It specifically focuses on the creation of "paper families" through the sale and creation of fictive kinship ties to circumvent nearly ironclad immigrations laws in the United States from 1882-1943. The project seeks to demonstrate how Chinese personal identity developed through the interplay of human actions and structural constraints. It also seeks to show how the nature of immigration administration developed in part in reaction to these Chinese immigrant methods of creating identity. It will advance understanding of a key element of Chinese-American identity and culture. %%%% This research traces Immigration Service identification and processing of Chinese immigrants and the immigrants reactions to the Service's activities. It specifically focuses on the creation of "paper families" through the sale and creation of fictive kinship ties to circumvent nearly ironclad immigrations laws in the United States from 1882-1943. The project seeks to demonstrate how Chinese personal identity developed through the interplay of human actions and structural constraints. It also seeks to show how the nature of immigration administration developed in part in reaction to these Chinese immigrant methods of creating identity. It will advance understanding of a key element of Chinese-American identity and culture. **** p:\lss\abstrf95\9531190.TXT