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Strangers in the Land: The Untold Story of Chinese Americans, Exclusion, and the Long Fight to Belong
About the Book
Strangers in the Land is a powerful and deeply researched narrative history that follows the Chinese in America from the mid-1800s all the way to the present day. It tells the full story of their journey, from hope and hard work to hatred, exclusion, and an ongoing fight for acceptance in a country they helped build.
From the Back Cover
The Chinese became the country’s first undocumented immigrants: hounded, counted, suspected, and surveilled. This book brings that hidden history to the surface and asks a question that still matters today: what does it truly mean to be American?
About the Author
Michael Luo is an executive editor at The New Yorker and writes regularly for the magazine on politics, religion, and Asian American issues. He brings both personal family history and award-winning journalistic skill to this important work, making it one of the most credible and readable books on the subject.
Who Is This Book For?
This book is perfect for readers who love deeply human history, anyone curious about immigration, race, and civil rights in America, and students or educators exploring Asian American studies. If you want to understand how history shaped the world we live in today, this book will open your eyes.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Q1: What is Strangers in the Land by Michael Luo about? Strangers in the Land is a nonfiction history book about the Chinese in America. It covers more than 150 years of Chinese American history, from the Gold Rush era to the present, exploring themes of immigration, racial exclusion, anti-Asian violence, and the ongoing struggle for belonging in the United States.
Q2: Is Strangers in the Land based on real events and people? Yes, the book is fully grounded in real history. Michael Luo draws on archives, historical records, and individual stories of real people, both well-known figures and everyday men and women, to bring this forgotten history back to life in a vivid and honest way.
Q3: Has Strangers in the Land won any awards? The book was longlisted for the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction and was named one of the best books of the year by major outlets including The New Yorker, The Washington Post, Time, and the Boston Globe, among others.
Q4: Is this book relevant to what is happening in the world today? Very much so. The book explores how anti-immigrant sentiment and racial discrimination are not new problems but deeply rooted in American history. Readers and reviewers alike have noted how the themes of exclusion and identity connect directly to immigration debates and anti-Asian incidents happening in the world right now.
| Weight | 612.35 g |
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| Dimensions | 15.42 × 2.97 × 23.32 cm |
Strangers in the Land tells the story of a people who, beginning in the middle of the nineteenth century, migrated by the tens of thousands to a distant land they called Gum Shan, Gold Mountain. What started as a dream quickly turned into a story of survival against racial terror, unjust laws, and forced exclusion. At the book's heart is a shameful chapter of American history: the brutal driving out of Chinese residents from towns across the American West. Written with clarity, heart, and deep research, this book will stay with you long after you turn the last page.
