The Book Prize Index

Authors / person-mae-ngai

Portrait of Mae Ngai

Mae Ngai

American historian.

Wikipedia
Portrait source · Wikimedia Commons

1

Recognized books

2

Wins

3

Lists

18

Index score

2021—2022

Recognition span

Author in the index

Mae Ngai has one book in the current index, recognized by prize programs between 2021 and 2022. The records span 3 leading prize families shown here.

Top recognition

Bancroft Prize1
Cundill History Prize1
Los Angeles Times Book Prize1

Subject profile

Indexed works

Books by Mae Ngai

1 book · sorted by recognition

The Chinese Question: The Gold Rushes, Chinese Migration, and Global PoliticsHistory202218 pts
YearTitleSubjectScoreWinsListsImprint
2022The Chinese Question: The Gold Rushes, Chinese Migration, and Global PoliticsHistory1823W. W. Norton

All books on this page are credited to Mae Ngai.

Prize metrics come from Book Prize Index records. Biographical description and portrait metadata are sourced from the matched Wikidata and Wikimedia records; uncertain identity matches are omitted.

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