In the face of anti-immigration laws and a devastating earthquake, Chinese immigrants built an enclave that became one of the most iconic Chinatowns in America.

Before the end of the 19th century, the number of immigrants from outside western and northern Europe was still relatively small — meaning their 2% quotas would be minuscule.

In my family, tales of anti-Chinese racism are passed from one generation to the next. A century ago, my great-grandparents, Wallace and Tungert Chong, were forced to get special documentation ...

In fact, as Prof. Ferdinand Philip Victoria's research has shown, Chinese immigrants in the 19th century were engaged in the business of narcotics and illegal gambling (among others), often with ...

This law prohibited Chinese laborers from entering the U.S. It also made Chinese immigrants permanent aliens by excluding them from U.S. citizenship. By the early 20th century, Columbus had a booming ...

In the mid-19th century, Chinese immigrants built much of the developing American West. The community was often met with hostility and violence.

Interview Highlights On why the history of the role of the U.S. in the Opium Wars (which led to the Chinese Exclusion Act and anti-immigration sentiment in the U.S.): ...

Emma J. Teng describes the social and legal dynamics for mixed Chinese and American couples in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

Michael Luo’s Strangers in the Land tells heart-wrenching stories of exclusion, racism and violence directed at Chinese immigrants to the US.

In the 19th century, debates about contract workers sorted immigrants into "natural" and "unnatural" categories.

The Chinese Exclusion Act was the first significant crackdown on immigration in American history. We explore the factors that led to the Act and examine what happened to the economy after it passed.