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John Doe Chinaman: A Forgotten History of Chinese Life Under American Racial Law

by Beth Lew-Williams

Using thousands of local and state laws and newly recovered personal histories, Beth Lew-Williams reveals how Chinese Americans lived under—and resisted—a vast racial legal order.

Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 2025-09-16
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 400
ISBN: 9780674294110

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History / Asian American Law / Civil Rights History / United States / 19th Century

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1. Asian American History 101 — Beth Lew-Williams on John Doe ChinamanChecked

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