A fantastic post by Jess Nevins (reference librarian and author of the awesome door-stopper, Encyclopaedia of Fantastic Victoriana) at Beyond Victorianna on the exploration of the Yellow Peril through history and literature:
QUAINT #19 Roots of the Yellow Peril, Part I
The Yellow Peril. Although the anti-Asian stereotype of the “Yellow Peril,” the threat posed to the West by Asian countries and peoples, was made commonplace in the 20th century, the source of the modern Yellow Peril stereotype lies in the literature and cultural trends of the 19th century.
There are actually two different Yellow Perils.
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