Asian Migration to Australia The Background to Exclusion 1896-1923 by Yarwood, A. T - 1964

Melbourne: Melbourne University Press. 1964. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Light wear to dustjacket edges and corners. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 210 pages. Examines the formulation and administration of Australian policy towards Asian immigration between 1896 and 1923, centred on the 1901 Immigration Restriction Act, and against the background of British imperial and Japanese diplomatic pressures, of community attitudes and representations of various economic groups. . 1st Edition. Hardback.