Big white lie: Chinese Australians in White Australia by John Fitzgerald

Book review

Griffiths, Phil. 2008. "Big white lie: Chinese Australians in White Australia by John Fitzgerald." Labour History: a journal of labour and social history. 94, pp. 176-178.
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Big white lie: Chinese Australians in White Australia by John Fitzgerald

ERA Journal ID34266
Article CategoryBook review
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AuthorGriffiths, Phil
Journal TitleLabour History: a journal of labour and social history
Journal Citation94, pp. 176-178
Number of Pages3
Year2008
PublisherLiverpool University Press
Place of PublicationAustralia
ISSN0023-6942
Web Address (URL)https://www.jstor.org/stable/27516281
Abstract

Review of John Fitzgerald, Big White Lie: Chinese Australians in White Australia, UNSW Press, 2007.

KeywordsChinese, racism, White Australia, John Fitzgerald
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020430302. Australian history
441013. Sociology of migration, ethnicity and multiculturalism
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