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Estelle T. Lau highlights how immigrant identity formation was a two-way process involving both the immigrants and the relentless efforts of immigration officials to exclude them. She deftly and incisively uses her case study to illuminate the evolution of U.S. immigration policy overall.”
- Estelle T. Lau
Estelle Lau is a legal counsel and COO with experience in cross-border investments and companies between the US and Asia. She is the deputy CEO of ONE°15 Brooklyn Marina, a luxury yacht club and marina in New York City.
Apr 11, 2015 · Estelle Lau’s book adds to the burgeoning literature on the exclusion laws by analysing them in the context of sociological theories about bureaucratic development. Many scholars have noted the crucial role of the Chinese exclusion in forging of U.S. immigration law and as a pioneering institution of the fledgling U.S. administrative state.
- Adam McKeown
- 2007
May 22, 2008 · Lau's excellent study looks at the elaborate paper families that were created to enable Chinese immigrants and their families to bring relatives, friends, or even in some cases strangers, to the United States under the restrictive immigration policies and practices against the Chinese that began with the 1875 Page Law.
- J. Mann
- jlmann@unlv.nevada.edu
- 2008
Estelle Lau was born on 8 August 1964 in San Francisco, California, USA. She is a producer and actress, known for Open Water (2003) and Grind (1997).
- Producer, Actress, Additional Crew
- August 8, 1964
- Estelle Lau
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In Paper Families, Estelle T. Lau demonstrates how exclusion affected Chinese American communities and initiated the development of restrictive U.S. immigration policies and practices. Through the enforcement of the Exclusion Act and subsequent legislation, the U.S. immigration service developed new forms of record keeping and identification ...
