Collecting objects/excluding people : Chinese subjects and American visual culture, 1830-1900 by Metrick-Chen, Lenore

Table of Contents: “…The Politics of Chinoiserie: The Disappearance of Chinese Objects -- The Power of Inaction: Chinese Objects and the Transformation of the American Definition of Art -- From Class to Race: The New York Times Reconstructs "Chinese" -- The Chinese of the American Imagination: Nineteenth-century Trade Card Images -- Conclusion.…”
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