{"id":7425,"date":"1997-03-01T12:14:57","date_gmt":"1997-03-01T16:14:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bookdragon.si.edu\/?p=7425"},"modified":"2015-08-17T10:35:12","modified_gmt":"2015-08-17T14:35:12","slug":"an-illustrated-history-of-the-chinese-in-america-by-ruthanne-lum-mccunn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/an-illustrated-history-of-the-chinese-in-america-by-ruthanne-lum-mccunn\/","title":{"rendered":"An Illustrated History of the Chinese in America by Ruthanne Lum McCunn [in What Do I Read Next? 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