Pacific crossing : California gold, Chinese migration, and the making of Hong Kong /

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During the nineteenth century tens of thousands of Chinese men and women crossed the Pacific to work, trade, and settle in California. Drawn initially by the gold rush, they took with them skills and goods and a view of the world which, though still Chinese, was transformed by their long journeys ba...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sinn, Elizabeth (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, ©2013.
Temas:
1800-1899
Chinese > Foreign countries.
Chinese > California > History.
Gold mines and mining > California > History > 19th century.
Hong Kong (China) > Commerce > History.
Chinois > Pays étrangers.
Chinois > Californie > Histoire.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economic Conditions.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economic History.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economics > Comparative.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Economic Conditions.
HISTORY > Modern > 19th Century.
Chinese
Chinese > Foreign countries
Commerce
Economic history
Emigration and immigration
Gold mines and mining
Hong Kong (China) > Economic conditions.
Hong Kong (China) > Emigration and immigration.
California
China > Hong Kong
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Becoming a Useful Settlement
  • Leaving for California
  • Networking the Pacific
  • The Gold Mountain Trade
  • Preparing Opium for America
  • Bound for California
  • Returning Bones.

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