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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Sinn, Elizabeth (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, ©2013.
Subjects:
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.
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.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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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