Laws Harsh As Tigers: Chinese Immigrants and the Shaping of Modern Immigration Law Second Edition

“This excellent book . . . represents some of the finest recent scholarship in the history of American law.

“American Historical Review”

An elegantly written, well conceived book that makes an important contribution to the field.

“Pacific Historical Review”

Brilliant, well-researched and well-written.

“Law and History Review”

“””This excellent book . . . represents some of the finest recent scholarship in the history of American law.

“American Historical Review””

“An elegantly written, well conceived book that makes an important contribution to the field.

“Pacific Historical Review””

“Brilliant, well-researched and well-written.

“Law and History Review””

Contributes a critical and vitalizing measure of complexity to a dimension of immigration history.

“American Journal of Legal History”

This is an important study.

“Western Historical Quarterly”

This explores the social and legal history of restrictive immigration policies and their enforcement in the United States between 1891 and 1924.