CHINESE IMMIGRATION TO THE USA ON THE PAGES OF THE MAGAZINE «OTECHESTVENNYE ZAPISKI» (1870S)

The article examines the reflection of Chinese immigration to the United States in the late 1840s – 1870s on the pages of the famous Russian literary magazine «Otechestvennye Zapiski» («Domestic Notes») in the 1870s. In total, they entered America in 1849-1882. About 300 thousand Chinese, but most o...

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Main Author: Prilutskiy V.V.
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Published: Academician I.G. Petrovskii Bryansk State University 2025-03-01
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description The article examines the reflection of Chinese immigration to the United States in the late 1840s – 1870s on the pages of the famous Russian literary magazine «Otechestvennye Zapiski» («Domestic Notes») in the 1870s. In total, they entered America in 1849-1882. About 300 thousand Chinese, but most of them were in the United States temporarily, being labor migrants. Many returned soon to their homeland. Since the 1870s, about 70 thousand people have lived in the country permanently, and this number remained unchanged until the 1940s. Nowadays (due to new waves of migration after 1943-1949 and after 1965), up to 4 million ethnic Chinese and about 1,4 million people of mixed descent with Chinese roots (1,5-1,6% of the population) live in the United States. The periodical «Otechestvennye Zapiski», published intermittently in 1818-1884, was an influential «thick» magazine that had a significant impact on public thought and public opinion of the Russian Empire in the XIXth century. The authors of the articles were divided into two groups. Conservative publicists negatively assessed Chinese immigration, believing that labor migrants are distinguished by their alleged «barbarism» and antisocial lifestyle. Immigrants from China, in their opinion, only knocked down prices in the American labor market. Other journalists (the so-called «liberals») believed that the Chinese would eventually be successfully integrated into the society of a country known for its constitutional guarantees of the protection of rights and freedoms. However, the latter predictions were not destined to come true, since the first restrictions on Chinese labor were introduced as early as the 1870s. Subsequently, the US authorities banned immigration from Asian countries altogether. An influential anti-Chinese political movement has emerged in America.
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spelling doaj-art-2b4171ee3c504db39c7f0f4f95e34c492025-08-20T01:50:57ZdeuAcademician I.G. Petrovskii Bryansk State UniversityВестник Брянского государственного университета2072-20872413-99122025-03-0163019810810.22281/2413-9912-2023-09-01-98-108CHINESE IMMIGRATION TO THE USA ON THE PAGES OF THE MAGAZINE «OTECHESTVENNYE ZAPISKI» (1870S)Prilutskiy V.V.0Academician I.G. Petrovskii Bryansk State University (Russia)The article examines the reflection of Chinese immigration to the United States in the late 1840s – 1870s on the pages of the famous Russian literary magazine «Otechestvennye Zapiski» («Domestic Notes») in the 1870s. In total, they entered America in 1849-1882. About 300 thousand Chinese, but most of them were in the United States temporarily, being labor migrants. Many returned soon to their homeland. Since the 1870s, about 70 thousand people have lived in the country permanently, and this number remained unchanged until the 1940s. Nowadays (due to new waves of migration after 1943-1949 and after 1965), up to 4 million ethnic Chinese and about 1,4 million people of mixed descent with Chinese roots (1,5-1,6% of the population) live in the United States. The periodical «Otechestvennye Zapiski», published intermittently in 1818-1884, was an influential «thick» magazine that had a significant impact on public thought and public opinion of the Russian Empire in the XIXth century. The authors of the articles were divided into two groups. Conservative publicists negatively assessed Chinese immigration, believing that labor migrants are distinguished by their alleged «barbarism» and antisocial lifestyle. Immigrants from China, in their opinion, only knocked down prices in the American labor market. Other journalists (the so-called «liberals») believed that the Chinese would eventually be successfully integrated into the society of a country known for its constitutional guarantees of the protection of rights and freedoms. However, the latter predictions were not destined to come true, since the first restrictions on Chinese labor were introduced as early as the 1870s. Subsequently, the US authorities banned immigration from Asian countries altogether. An influential anti-Chinese political movement has emerged in America. https://vestnik-brgu.ru/?page_id=5241the history of immigration to the united states in modern timeschinese immigrants to america in the 1850s–1870santi-chinese sentiment in the united statesdiscrimination and the evolution of public opinion in americathe reflection of historical events in the russian periodical press.
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CHINESE IMMIGRATION TO THE USA ON THE PAGES OF THE MAGAZINE «OTECHESTVENNYE ZAPISKI» (1870S)
Вестник Брянского государственного университета
the history of immigration to the united states in modern times
chinese immigrants to america in the 1850s–1870s
anti-chinese sentiment in the united states
discrimination and the evolution of public opinion in america
the reflection of historical events in the russian periodical press.
title CHINESE IMMIGRATION TO THE USA ON THE PAGES OF THE MAGAZINE «OTECHESTVENNYE ZAPISKI» (1870S)
title_full CHINESE IMMIGRATION TO THE USA ON THE PAGES OF THE MAGAZINE «OTECHESTVENNYE ZAPISKI» (1870S)
title_fullStr CHINESE IMMIGRATION TO THE USA ON THE PAGES OF THE MAGAZINE «OTECHESTVENNYE ZAPISKI» (1870S)
title_full_unstemmed CHINESE IMMIGRATION TO THE USA ON THE PAGES OF THE MAGAZINE «OTECHESTVENNYE ZAPISKI» (1870S)
title_short CHINESE IMMIGRATION TO THE USA ON THE PAGES OF THE MAGAZINE «OTECHESTVENNYE ZAPISKI» (1870S)
title_sort chinese immigration to the usa on the pages of the magazine otechestvennye zapiski 1870s
topic the history of immigration to the united states in modern times
chinese immigrants to america in the 1850s–1870s
anti-chinese sentiment in the united states
discrimination and the evolution of public opinion in america
the reflection of historical events in the russian periodical press.
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