Gold mountain turned to dust : essays on the legal history of the Chinese in the nineteenth-century American West / John R. Wunder ; foreword by Liping Zhu.
"Some half million Chinese immigrants settled in the American West in the nineteenth century. In spite of their vital contributions to the economy in gold mining, railroad construction, the founding of small businesses, and land reclamation, the Chinese were targets of systematic political discrimin...
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| Language: | English |
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Albuquerque :
University of New Mexico Press,
2018.
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| Physical Description: | xix, 225 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Format: | Book |
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"Some half million Chinese immigrants settled in the American West in the nineteenth century. In spite of their vital contributions to the economy in gold mining, railroad construction, the founding of small businesses, and land reclamation, the Chinese were targets of systematic political discrimination and widespread violence. The author's lifetime of research in legal sources all over the West--from California to Montana to New Mexico--serves as a basic account of the legal treatment of Chinese immigrants."--Back cover. |
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| Call Number: | KF4757.5.C47 W86 2018 |
| Bibliography Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780826359384 0826359388 |