What is the history of Chinese immigration to American that Lalami notes in "Assimilation" between 1875 and 1924?

Lalami notes that in 1875 Chinese women were not allowed to immigrate to the United States. In 1890 she cites a New York Time article that complained that Chinese people do not assimilate to American culture well enough. By 1924, the Johnson Reed Act banned all Asians from immigrating to the U.S.