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Tag Archives: Beth Lew-Williams
John Doe Chinaman wins 2026 Bancroft History Award
The book John Doe Chinaman by Princeton Professor Beth Lew-Williams has won the 2026 Bancroft Prize. Columbia University gives the Bancroft Prize annually to distinguished works in either or both American history and Diplomacy. A quick synopsis of this book: … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Discrimination, History
Tagged Beth Lew-Williams, John Doe Chinaman, Rock Springs Massacre, The Driving Out
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8Books Review: “The Chinese Must Go” by Beth Lew-Williams
Beth Lew-Williams’s new history, The Chinese Must Go: Violence, Exclusion, and the Making of the Alien in America, is a thorough examination of anti-Chinese violence in the West in the 1880s and its relation to U.S. immigration policy. If the history … Continue reading
Posted in 8Books, 8Series, History, Reviews
Tagged Beth Lew-Williams, Chinese Exclusion Act
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The Evolution of Asian American Studies: Princeton Hires First Professor of Asian American History
When I was undergraduate at Princeton during the last century, instituting an Asian American Studies (AAS) program was a focus of the university’s Asian American Students Association. After decades of effort by many students, Alumni, and professors, Princeton University finally … Continue reading
Posted in Education
Tagged Ann Cheng, Asian American Studies, Beth Lew-Williams, Princeton University
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