John Doe Chinaman

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John Doe Chinaman is written by Beth Lew-Williams and published by Harvard University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0674301978 (ISBN 10) and 9780674301979 (ISBN 13).

Between 1850 and 1920, western states instituted more than five thousand laws marginalizing Chinese residents and channeling them into exploitative labor. Illuminating the history of anti-Chinese discrimination beyond federal exclusion, Beth Lew-Williams shows how Chinese people fought and evaded these laws, insisting on their rights.