The Sanitary Ordinance, also known as the Cubic Air Ordinance, was a law passed in San Francisco, California on July 29, 1870. The ostensible purpose of the law was to prevent …

Organized labor groups used, among other strategies, public health measures to create an environment so hostile as to “persuade” Chinese immigrants to return to China. One such law …

At the time there was a local ordinance called the “Cubic Air Law” that specified there must be at least 500 cubic feet of air for each adult residing in a residence. Justified as a way to prevent …

One such law was the Cubic Air Ordinance, a city ordinance requiring 500 cubic feet of space for every person re-siding in a lodging. This illustration from The Wasp,1 a popular San Francisco …

1870 Cubic Air Ordinance (San Francisco): This San Francisco law required every lodging house to have no less than 500 cubic feet of air space for each lodger. This targeted Chinatowns, …

2009年3月1日 · the Cubic Air Ordinance had its . origins in the anti-Chinese agita-tion earlier in the decade. In June of 1870, after a labor ... a public health law driven by . anti-Chinese …

Cubic Air Ordinance began in AS CALIFORNIA’S ECONOMY slowed in the late 1860s and job opportunities dwindled, White laborers in San Francisco actively created an environment …

This paper explores the historical context and implications of the Anti-Chinese Cubic Air Ordinance enacted in San Francisco in 1870. The ordinance mandated minimum space …

The Sanitary Ordinance, also known as the Cubic Air Ordinance, was a law passed in San Francisco, California on July 29, 1870. The ostensible purpose of the law was to prevent …

One such law was the Cubic Air Ordinance, a city ordinance requiring 500 cubic feet of space for every person residing in a lodging.