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Gentleman's Agreement is a 1947 novel by Laura Z. Hobson which explored the problem of antisemitism in the United States, what The New York Times called, in a contemporary review, "a story of the emotional disturbance that occurs within a man who elects, for the sake of getting a magazine article, to tell people that he is a Jew and who experiences first-hand, as a consequence, the shock and ...
Gentleman's Agreement is a 1947 American drama film based on Laura Z. Hobson's best-selling 1947 novel of the same title.The film is about a journalist (played by Gregory Peck) who pretends to be Jewish to research an exposé on the widespread antisemitism in New York City and the affluent communities of New Canaan and Darien, Connecticut.
A gentleman's agreement is an informal agreement. It may also refer to: Gentlemen's Agreement of 1907 between the United States and Japan; Gentlemen's Agreement of 1956 between leaders of the Andhra State and the Telangana region, leading to the formation of the state of Andhra Pradesh in India; Gentleman's Agreement
So if there's a book or period review that goes into that point, cite it. Original insights you have are best published elsewhere, and if it achieves a level of legitimacy then it qualifies to be cited here. --anon — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.47.174.65 ( talk ) 16:14, 17 January 2015 (UTC) [ reply ]
A gentleman's agreement, defined in the early 20th century as "an agreement between gentlemen looking toward the control of prices," was reported by one source to be the loosest form of a "pool." Such agreements have been reported to be found in every type of industry and were numerous in the American steel and iron industries of the early 20th ...
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The Page Act of 1875 (Sect. 141, 18 Stat. 477, 3 March 1875) was the first restrictive federal immigration law in the United States, which effectively prohibited the entry of Chinese women, marking the end of open borders.
The Gentlemen's Agreement was never written into a law passed by the US Congress, but was an informal agreement between the United States and Japan, enacted via unilateral action by President Roosevelt. It was nullified by the Immigration Act of 1924, which legally banned all Asians from migrating to the United States. [12]