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Erika Lee

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I’m a writer and professor who loves reading and writing. I finished my fourth book: America for Americans: A History of Xenophobia in the U.S., which will be published by Basic Books/Hachette on November 26, 2019.

I’m a historian who still does history the old-fashioned way by doing research in the archives. I get excited finding dusty documents, but I’m also fully immersed in the 21st century as a #twitterstorian who is helping to build a digital archive of immigrant digital stories and provide historical commentary to the news.

I write about immigrants, Asian Americans, and race as a way to understand America in the past and present. I write history “from the bottom up,” focusing on everyday people and their role in American life. I ferve ...more

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	The Making of Asian America: A History 4.33 avg rating — 2,583 ratings — published 2015 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	America for Americans: A History of Xenophobia in the United States 4.34 avg rating — 1,028 ratings — published 2019 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	At America's Gates: Chinese Immigration during the Exclusion Era, 1882-1943 4.05 avg rating — 218 ratings — published 2003 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Angel Island: Immigrant Gateway to America by Erika Lee (Goodreads Author), Judy Yung (Goodreads Author) 3.93 avg rating — 152 ratings — published 2010 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Asian/Pacific Islander American Women: A Historical Anthology by Shirley Hune (Editor), Gail Nomura (Editor), Erika Lee (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.70 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 2003 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Companion to American Immigration by Reed Ueda (Editor), Erika Lee (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2005 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Transnational Crossroads: Remapping the Americas and the Pacific by Camilla Fojas (editor), Rudy P. Guevarra Jr. (Editor), Erika Lee (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2012 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Furthermore, contemporary Asian Americans are creating new, multi-layered identities.”
― Erika Lee, The Making of Asian America: A History

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“They are transnational because it allows them to achieve something that is quintessentially American: to improve their lives and socioeconomic status for themselves and their families whether that may be solely within the United States, or often, in the United States and somewhere else at the same time.21 These transnational immigrants are helping us all become global Americans.”
― Erika Lee, The Making of Asian America: A History

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“continue to affect both Asian immigration patterns and the treatment of Asian Americans in the United States.6 Asian immigration is about moving from Asia to the United States and making new homes in America.”
― Erika Lee, The Making of Asian America: A History

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