Post by NZBC on Dec 12, 2009 17:52:09 GMT 12
Van Norden, Warner M. Who's who of the Chinese in New York. New York : Warner M. Van Norden, 1918.
It' available in digital form pds.lib.harvard.edu/pds/view/4157636
By 1918, US had entered into WWI and it was the height of Chinese Exclusion period, Warner Van Norden proposed importing 500,000 Chinese into US to relieve labor shortage, similar to the Chinese Corps program the British created. He claimed the Chinese farmers were 4 times more productive per acre that the American counterpart.
The book included photos he took on his earlier t rip to China.
It' available in digital form pds.lib.harvard.edu/pds/view/4157636
By 1918, US had entered into WWI and it was the height of Chinese Exclusion period, Warner Van Norden proposed importing 500,000 Chinese into US to relieve labor shortage, similar to the Chinese Corps program the British created. He claimed the Chinese farmers were 4 times more productive per acre that the American counterpart.
The book included photos he took on his earlier t rip to China.