RaveThe New York Times Book ReviewIn an evenhanded style that yields neither a woke polemic nor a sanitized past, he traces the lives of immigrants to a country that actively drew them in and then tried to push them out ... Although he describes the book as \'the biography of a people,\' it succeeds through its little biographies of individuals — a range of quirky and fascinating figures ... Introduces many fascinating details. If there’s any weakness to Luo’s work, it’s contained within that strength: He offers us so many characters that it can be hard to keep track, but readers who do are rewarded with a view on the full complexity of American immigration.
