Biotic borders : transpacific plant and insect migration and the rise of anti-Asian racism in America, 1890-1950 /: transpacific plant and insect migration and the rise of anti-Asian racism in America, 1890-1950. (2022)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Jeannie N. Shinozuka.
• Authors: Shinozuka, Jeannie Natsuko
• Contents: Introduction: Plant and Insect Immigrants -- San José Scale: Contested Origins at the Turn of the Century -- Early Yellow Peril vs. Western Menace: Chestnut Blight, Citrus Canker, and PQN -- Liable Insects at the US-Mexico Border -- Contagious Yellow Peril: Diseased Bodies and the Threat of Little Brown Men -- Pestilence in Paradise: Invasives in Hawai'i -- Japanese Beetle Menace: Discovery of the Beetle -- Infiltrating Perils: A Race against Ownership, Contamination, and Miscegenation -- Yellow Peril No More? National and Naturalized Enemies during World War II -- Conclusion: Toward a Multi(horti)cultural Global Society.
• Publisher Details: Chicago : University of Chicago Press
• Publication Date: 2022
• Copyright Date: 2022
• Extent: 1 online resource (304 pages), 17 halftones
• Subjects: 577/.18; Introduced organisms -- Social aspects -- United States; Racism against Asians -- United States; Espèces introduites -- Aspect social -- États-Unis; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General; Racism against Asians; United States; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780226817309
• Related ISBNs: 022681730X
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.