The Chinese and the iron road : building the transcontinental railroad /

This landmark volume sheds light on the lives and experiences of the Chinese workers who made up 90% of the workforce that built the Central Pacific Railroad--but who have been little understood and largely invisible in traditional accounts of the building of the First Transcontinental Railroad.

Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Autres auteurs: Chang, Gordon H. (Éditeur intellectuel), Fishkin, Shelley Fisher (Éditeur intellectuel), Obenzinger, Hilton (Collaborateur), Hsu, Roland, 1961- (Collaborateur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2019]
Collection:Asian America.
Sujets:
Central Pacific Railroad Company > Employees > History.
Central Pacific Railroad Company.
1800-1899
Railroad construction workers > West (U.S.) > History > 19th century.
Foreign workers, Chinese > West (U.S.) > History > 19th century.
Chinese > West (U.S.) > History > 19th century.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
Chinese.
Emigration and immigration.
Employees.
Foreign workers, Chinese.
Railroad construction workers.
China > Emigration and immigration > History > 19th century.
West (U.S.) > History > 19th century.
États-Unis (Ouest) > Histoire > 19e siècle.
China.
West United States.
History.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Description
Résumé:This landmark volume sheds light on the lives and experiences of the Chinese workers who made up 90% of the workforce that built the Central Pacific Railroad--but who have been little understood and largely invisible in traditional accounts of the building of the First Transcontinental Railroad.
Description matérielle:1 online resource
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781503609259
1503609251

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