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received a solid education from Chinese, Hong Kong, and Taiwanese educational institutions. They relocated to the United States to continue their education in the country's universities. Top-tier American university graduates inordinately were these arrivals' children. Chung argues that despite their accomplishments, they are still accused of being operatives for their homeland.

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in which an American surveillance aircraft went down over China. She said incidents like these inflame tensions from the American majority on Chinese Americans. In response to critics who called the portrayal of the oppression unpatriotic, Chang said in an interview, "I see this as my love letter to

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to look for gold. The male to female ratio was 12 to 1. The gold rush ended and the Chinese laborers sought work. While enduring a rugged terrain and challenging winter conditions, over 50,000 Chinese laborers built the railroad and over 1,000 died before it was finished in 1869. After railroad work

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said that the book lacks a detailed assessment of why Chinese Americans are considered outsiders. According to Wu, the book may be "too fast of a read" for history enthusiasts because it is written under the premise that the reader is unfamiliar with the history of China and Chinese Americans. She

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penned a mixed review of the book, writing, "Chang has found a great subject, and her stories are well worth reading. But their very power begs for more depth, a clearer narrative line and a stronger, more confident sense of history." He said it "needs a stronger thread of hard data and analysis",

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formed a different view, calling the author a "retroactive emotionalist". He said the book has an "atmosphere of victimology" and a "tone of complaint" that frequently is "inappropriate and ahistorical". Fraser took issue with the tone because he said while it was difficult for transplants in 19th

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said Chang's style is "straightforward and without grace" and that she narrates the tale "thoroughly and with confidence". He said she discusses but does not furnish the story's intense, poignant matter. She instead leaves it to those who review her book to reflect on the provided information. The

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Alongside some negative reviews, the book received mostly positive reviews. Reviewers praised the book for being engaging, well-written, and comprehensive. They liked its numerous anecdotes about Chinese Americans. Some commentators criticized the book for being biased and unbalanced in repeatedly

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and how they impacted American culture. He said she appears unclear about her story as she says on one page that there is a "new generation of Chinese American political activists" but two pages later writes that encountering governmental oppression in their homeland "caused many Chinese to focus

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At first, the predominant white population viewed the Chinese Americans as curiosities and did not bother them. But as additional Chinese immigrated, the white population became more hateful owing to uneasiness at their success and fear that the Chinese would supplant them as workers. After the

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for a month in 1995 to talk to the victims; she separately talked to the Japanese soldiers who perpetrated the massacre. Researching the war crimes deeply impacted her, causing her to have nightmares and routinely cry. Published in 1997, the book received positive reviews and spent 10 weeks on

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After the Communists took power in 1949, another wave of Chinese people moved to the United States. Scholars overwhelmingly made up this stream of Chinese arrivals. Chung dubs them "intellectuals", a wide-ranging group encompassing doctors, scientists, and engineers. Before arriving, they had

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mostly praised the book, calling it "a comprehensive account" that discusses events in "an engaging and thought-provoking way". She criticized Chang's inclination to dwell on how Chinese Americans are oppressed because the stories and details are sufficient to entirely depict the narrative.

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in which white men attacked Chinese people. According to Wenger, while the actions were horrible, they were not even close to genocide. Wenger concluded that the book "would have been superior if it had been more consistently balanced, but, to its credit, it is always scholarly", calling it

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their energies on economic achievement rather than politics". He lamented that Chang did not explain how most Chinese immigrants' being "intellectuals" impacted immigration policies and the population as a whole. He called her chronicling of major events in United States history like the

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book critic George Koo lauded the nearly 500-page book as being "far from dense" as Chang "skillfully compressed" many years of history, investigation, and interviews into "an epic that flows effortlessly and sweeps the reader along for an informative, fascinating and emotional ride".

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Terry Hong found the book to be "a thought-provoking overview" that details Chinese Americans' cruciality to the history of the United States. Although she had several minor critiques, she concluded the book was an "exemplary achievement". Hong found Chang's use of the word

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signifying the end of construction for the transcontinental railroad was driven in 1867, many Chinese railroad workers immediately lost their jobs and sought work, inaugurating extensive competition between white people and the Chinese. That led to the 1882

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Between 1850 and 1882, there had been about a quarter of a million Chinese in the country. Between 1882 and 1943 when the exclusion act was in effect, scores of thousands of Chinese were able to immigrate through deceitful means. After the

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book critic Steve Duin said, "As a scrapbook of individual human odysseys, her history struggles to provide more than dimly-lit snapshots. As a chronicle of the timeless battle for civil liberties, the book is high, panoramic drama."

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reviewer Terry Hong, the book is filled with obscure tidbits and thought-provoking ideas that would benefit even academics who were experts in Asian American history. She cited how Chang chronicles that since there were insufficient

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book critic Sanford D. Horwitt commended it for being an "absorbing, passionate story of the Chinese American experience". In a positive review lauding the "exhaustive research" and "sheer writing ability", Jeff Guinn of the

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to "white persons" and "aliens of African nativity and of persons of African descent", which barred Chinese-born immigrants from becoming citizens. More contemporary events of Chang chronicles include the accusations against

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The Chinese Americans' struggle for success, its costs and tenuousness, are major themes in Chang's highly readable, panoramic history of Chinese American immigration from the Gold Mountain generation to the present.

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said Chang provides "a diverse, varying portrait" of Chinese people in the United States. Chang profiles both men and women, and the narratives span a diversity of time periods and economic classes. According to the

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stated that Chang has "the eye of a historian and the rhythm of a mesmerizing storyteller" and covers international events across time "without bogging the story down in minutiae". Peggy Spitzer Christoff of the

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sought to require Chinese students who sought admittance to have better grades than students of other demographics. The school board scrapped the change after the Chinese filed a lawsuit against it. When the

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A frequent theme is Chinese Americans being alternatively lauded and oppressed over the past century and a half. Chang chronicles how society lauded how diligent Chinese workers were in constructing the

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became law, numerous Chinese immigrated to the United States. 100,000 entered in the 1960s, around a quarter of a million in the 1970s, over 450,000 in the 1980s, and over a half a million in the 1990s.

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and their eye shape. She wrote of Asian Americans that "regardless of how many generations their families have been American, can remember being asked, 'Where are you really from?'" When Chang was in

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pointing out the lack of information regarding the populace's size as Chang discusses how immigration ebbed and flowed. According to Schrag, she could have provided more than scant details about the

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concluded, however, that the wealth of obscure tales about Chinese Americans in "a voice that is both proud and perceptive" transform the book into "a fascinating look" at their accomplishments.

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scientist who was wrongly implicated in espionage. Titled "An Uncertain Future", the final chapter probes into the changing dynamics of racial groups' acceptance in America. She concludes that

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During the gold rush era, the Chinese were forcibly displaced from their mining positions and stolen from. Sometimes, they were killed without any intervention from law enforcement. The 1887

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in San Francisco. Their detention was in conditions reminiscent of a jail. The station, which 60,000 Chinese immigrants were held at, was created in 1910 and remained opened for 30 years.

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reviewer Rich Simons agreed, calling her "negativity and bitterness wearing" in her "almost unceasing criticism" of how the Chinese have fared in the United States. In a mixed review,

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a large portion of their wages to family members in China. Those family members led affluent lives, no longer needed to work, and demanded even more remittances. The Chinese created

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from their relatives who were working in the United States. According to Hong, a third example is Chang's inclusion of obscure narratives about Chinese American residents of the

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wrote, "Though some scholars might hope for more rigorous analysis, general readers will find many surprising aspects of the Chinese American experiences in the United States."

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s Will Evans, Chang describes "historical details or current events as if reporting on them—but there's an underlying pointed critique, a sense of injustice". Evans interviewed

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and Latin America—by mainly emphasizing the Chinese residents of California. According to Leong, the book's most fleshed out parts are her discussion of her previous works on

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was wrongly charged with spying, a boycott against the lab prevailed. Chang argues that the Chinese Americans' activism has challenged the misconception that they are "the

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rather than her recaps of researchers' and journalists' writings. Leong recommended that people consult the writers listed in the bibliography rather than read the book.

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s William R. Wineke called it "an easy dialogue that carries the reader along". Silvis liked the book's numerous "interesting asides". He cited Chang's discussion of how

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reviewer Brad Hooper said that for young adults the book is "a gripping narrative for teens' personal interest and for class discussion of America's diverse heritage".

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s Steffen Silvis called it "a powerful book that leaves one breathless at times by the ignorance and barbarity of white American culture and law". Barbara Chai of the

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emergency and needed to be admitted to the hospital. According to her literary agent Susan Rabiner, Chang at the time of her death from suicide in 2004 was writing a

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Chang said that despite Chinese Americans' significant contributions to America, people still consider them and other Asian Americans to be outsiders owing to their

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Silvis, Steffen (2003-05-21). "Rape of Nanking author Iris Chang examines the overlooked personal tragedies of Chinese living in America. Chinese Whispers".

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book reviewer Roger Daniels judged the book to be "a fast-paced, sometimes breathless, well-written page-turner" that is "a good introduction to the topic".

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bemoaning how poorly Chinese Americans have been treated. They faulted the book for lacking depth in certain areas and for lacking a clearer narrative. An

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book critic Karen J. Leong wrote a negative review of the book. She criticized how the book neglects ethnic Chinese newcomers not from China—such as

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presents a unified storyline of a comprehensive historical period. To promote the work, over the course of 31 days Chang visited 20 cities for her

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Eng, Monica (2004-06-02). "Illinois author Iris Chang follows the remarkable arc of Chinese-American history: 'My love letter to America'" (pages

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Chai, Barbara (2003-08-28). "Overdue History: The Chinese in America finally have a comprehensive chronicle of their struggles and achievements".

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book critic Jerome Weeks criticized the book for coming across as "a well-intentioned, generic textbook", citing how the "old Chinese proverb"

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in the next decade triggered the first migration. Around 100,000 men from China, who were primarily from impoverished villages, relocated to

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items. She described the writing process as not challenging but that determining what to include and what to omit was the challenging part.

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said the author's "even, nuanced and expertly researched narrative evinces deep admiration for Chinese America, with good reason", while

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as they were willing to do the "women's work" white people were averse to doing. A second example, Hong said, was Chang's discussion of "

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America. Many people believe that to criticize the government is not patriotic, but I think it is the most patriotic thing you can do."

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which for around 75 years barred the Chinese from legally moving to the United States so they attempted other ways of getting in. The

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Tan, Cheryl Lu-Tien (2003-05-06). "Helping us all understand: Iris Chang's book tries to shed new light on Chinese-Americans" (pages

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curriculum. When they were targeted with racially discriminatory taxes and laws, they demonstrated and filed lawsuits. In the 1980s,

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had a mixed review of the reading, praising Wu's performance for being "sensitive, even, and well paced" but finding "the flat

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Another theme is that Chinese Americans engaged in activism against oppression and were not meek foreign workers. During the

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s Nora Villagran, the book has "a fascinating passage of places and people". She cited Chang's stories about the news anchor

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in the middle of the 1990s through conversations with key figures in the Chinese-American community. She began working on

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Nishimura, Scott (2003-06-22). "An American Story: The history of Chinese emigration is a powerful, moving tale" (pages

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wrote, "this engrossing account of Chinese-American struggles and triumphs is Pulitzer material". Rachel Moloshok of

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who said, "When you read this book, you can feel her emotion, her feelings about the Chinese American experience."

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prospectors mailed their clothes to Hong Kong. Capitalizing on the situation, Chinese entrepreneurs founded local

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praised Wu's "beautiful voice and accent as she speaks in English and pronounces Chinese words and names", while

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century America, being a resident of China in the 19th and 20th centuries was "infinitely rougher". According to

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to the United States and their descendants. It covers several waves of migration: the first was triggered by the

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penned a mixed review of the book, calling the book "tend toward bias". He criticized Chang's use of the word "

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master's curriculum. She was 23 years old and several months into the Johns Hopkins courses when the publisher

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was released in 2005. Performed by Nancy Wu, the 17-hour-long audiobook is unabridged. Susan G. Baird of the

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deeply impact the plight of Chinese Americans irrespective of how long their ancestors have been in America.

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after the late 1970s. The book describes the discrimination that the Chinese experienced including the 1882

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in 1943 to rescind the Chinese Exclusion Act and to let the Chinese become naturalized citizens. After the

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reviewer Sam Chu Lin dubbed the book "informative, thought-provoking and entertaining". Jeff Wenger of

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misses that book's "gravity and grace" but still is "a solid addition in a far-from-exhausted field".

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dried up, the Chinese dispersed throughout the nation, taking on various jobs with low pay. They were

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and garnered the public's approval. Joining with various ethnic communities, Chinese students at the

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while they negotiated the stresses of not fitting neatly into the black or white racial categories.

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Schrag, Peter (2003-05-18). "Journey to the West. The Chinese in America: A Narrative History".

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praised the book for "tell one important part of the American story comprehensively", while the

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penned a negative review of the book, including critiquing her lack of explanation for why the

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case. It covers how Chinese Americans engaged in activism against the oppression such as the

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Evans, Will (2003-06-19). "Iris Chang's new epic seeks to set the record straight" (pages

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praised Chang's "nuanced and sensitive storytelling". Repps Hudson, a book critic for the

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to the United States and their descendants. The narrative starts in China, reviewing the

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Lin, Sam Chu (2003-03-26). "APA Author Sheds New Light on Chinese American Experience".

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and subsequent fires obliterated public documents. This allowed many of them to try the

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district and her glossing over the details of the "staggering proposition" that in the

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gave her a book deal, making her its youngest author. The book was about the scientist

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Leong, Karen J. (October 2003). "The Chinese in America : a narrative history".

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era, numerous people in California sent their laundry to Hong Kong for cleaning. The

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in 1999 and completed it in four years. Having been emotionally drained from writing

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Wenger, Jeff (2003-08-19). "Chang offers sensitive, scholarly Chinese in America".

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laborers seeking higher wages and a reduction in their work time participated in a

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owners who breached agreements, and protesting against the United States' shipping

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Reviewers had different opinions about the book's prose. Kimberly B. Marlowe of

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Wu, Sian (2003-05-21). "An American Story: The history of Chinese immigrants".

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s Eric Wargo praised Chang's "superb" chronicling of Chinese American history.

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was being fought, the Chinese were considered allies. But in the midst of the

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was "like a vacation" that allowed her "to recover from the wounds of writing

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called the book "undeniably a towering intellectual achievement", while the

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to find communists and to determine how China got taken by the communists.

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Wenger, Jeff (2004-11-23). "From the Wild West; Remembering Iris Chang".

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Koo, George (2003-07-01). "The Chinese in America: A Narrative History".

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As part of an undergraduate course, Henry Yu, a history professor at the

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approach where they used fake papers to prove they were born in China to

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who invented several strains of fruit like that bore his name such as an

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s Steffen Silvis found the prose to be a "strong, engaging style", while

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Wenger, Jeff (2003-05-20). "Iris Chang discusses Chinese in America".

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s Sunnie Grant said Wu "does an admirable job in reading the text".

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Guinn, Jeff (2003-06-18). "Our book editors' Top 20 picks" (pages

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in Oregon caused numerous Chinese deaths. The Chinese were denied

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said there is "a curious monotone to her prose in places", while

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families", who were particularly prevalent in the relatives in

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Ito, Robert (2005-05-18). "Leaving the Atrocity Exhibit".

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Non-fiction books about immigration to the United States

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who smuggle people to the United States are from a tiny

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discusses efforts by the Chinese people to secure their

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found it to be "gripping and sobering". Sian Wu of the

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