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“Chinese residents endured and resisted these discriminatory laws.”
“The book makes clear how Chinese American history connects to the wider history of U.S.”
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“It is a difficult task to trace each strand of America’s diverse Asian community and braid them together into a single volume.”
“Immigration Control The title of Kelly Lytle Hernández’s new book is also it’s thesis: U.S.”
“Stuck in detention for days, weeks, or months, Chinese immigrants began carving poems into the barracks walls.”
“Most famously, they helped to build the transcontinental railroad, which connected California to the eastern states.”
“______________________________ John Doe Chinaman: A Forgotten History of Chinese Life Under American Racial Law by Beth Lew-Williams is a finalist for the 2026 Cundill History Prize .”
“But Lee has done it.”
“My recent book, John Doe Chinaman , is about how American law constrained the lives of Chinese immigrants in the United States.”
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“She is the author of The Chinese Must Go: Violence, Exclusion, and the Making of the Alien in America .”
“Literary Hub » Five Essential Books For Understanding Chinese American History Literary Hub Craft and Criticism Literary Criticism Craft and Advice In Conversation On Translation Fiction and Poetry Short Story From the Novel Poem News and Culture History Science Politics Biography Memoir Food Technology Bookstores and Libraries Film and TV Travel Music Art and Photography The Hub Style Design Sports Become A Member Lit Hub Radio The Lit Hub Podcast Awakeners Fiction/Non/Fiction The Critic and Her Publics Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast Memoir Nation Beyond the Page First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing Thresholds The Cosmic Library Culture Schlock Reading Lists Book Marks Best Reviewed Books CrimeReads True Crime The Daily Thrill Log In Craft and Criticism Fiction and Poetry News and Culture Lit Hub Radio Reading Lists Book Marks CrimeReads Log In Five Essential Books For Understanding Chinese American History Cundill Prize Finalist Beth Lew-Williams Recommends Erika Lee, Gordon Chang, Brianna Nofil and More Via Cundill History Prize Beth Lew-Williams October 19, 2026 Every year I begin the semester by asking my college students, “What do you know about Asian American history?”
“Him Mark Lai, Genny Lim, Judy Yung, Island: Poetry and History of Chinese Immigrants on Angel Island, 1910-1940 Starting in 1882, a series of exclusion laws barred most Chinese immigrants from coming to United States.”
“They fought for civil rights, for belonging, and for recognition of their humanity—to be known as more than simply “John Doe Chinaman.” If you want to know more about the history of Chinese Americans, Asian Americans, and the discriminatory laws their presence inspired, I recommend the following books: * Erika Lee, The Making of Asian America: A History For a primer on Asian American history, I’d start with Erika Lee’s The Making of Asian America.”
“Gordon Chang captures the scale of this awesome feat, as well as the sacrifices made in attaining it.”
“In this important book, Brianna Nofil reveals that Chinese exclusion also provided the blueprint for modern immigration detention.”