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(1941-2017) Author. Peter Kwong was born in Chungking, China, and died in Manhattan, New York.

Full Name

Peter Chi-Choong Kwong

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline

Unknown

OTHER

Professor Kwong received a bachelor of science degree in civil engineering from Columbia University. Also at Columbia he received a certificate in Asian studies from the East Asian Institute, a master's from the School of International Affairs and a doctorate. He also held a visiting professorship at Columbia at one time.

1941

BIRTH

Peter Chi-Choong Kwong was born in Chungking, China, on November 13, 1941.

1979

LITWORK

Chinatown, New York: Labor and Politics, 1930-1950
New York, New York: Monthly Review Press
0853455090 / 978-0853455097
Nonfiction.

1987

LITWORK

The New Chinatown
Hill & Wang Pub
0809072556 / 978-0809072552
Nonfiction.

1993

OTHER

Professor Kwong taught at Hunter College of the City University of New York beginning in 1993.

1998

LITWORK

Forbidden Workers: Illegal Chinese Immigrants and American Labor
The New Press
156584355X / 978-1565843554
Nonfiction.

2000

LITWORK

Chinese Americans: An Immigrant Experience
Universe
0883631288 / 978-0883631287
Nonfiction written with Dusanka Miscevic.

2005

LITWORK

Chinese America: The Untold Story of America's Oldest New Community
The New Press
1565849620 / 978-1565849624
Nonfiction written with Dusanka Miscevic.

2017

DEATH

Peter Kwong died in Manhattan, New York, on March 17, 2017.

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