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Historic Photos of the Chinese in California
Engelsk Hardback

Historic Photos of the Chinese in California

Engelsk Hardback

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The Chinese were a visible current in the tidal wave of humanity that rushed through San Francisco’s Golden Gate in the mid-nineteenth century. Known to their countrymen as Gam Saan Haak (guests of Gold Mountain), Chinese immigrants sought great fortune. Most found only hostility and hard work, often braving the most dangerous and loathsome jobs. They endured violence and injustice, yet clung to this land with tenacity and patience and made it their own.

With nearly 200 historic photographs gathered from notable collections, this book explores a century of Chinese progress in California. Retracing the immigrants’ steps—from the gold fields to the high Sierra railroad camps, to lettuce fields and olive groves, and to the Monterey coast—we visit Chinese enclaves throughout the state. We linger in San Francisco’s old Chinatown, home to cherished children and notorious tong gangs, where new arrivals first found refuge and familiar goods, and tourists later found exotic merchandise spilling from aging storefronts. These historic images recall a time when the Chinese community in California was still a world apart.

Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
202
ISBN-13:
9781684420766
Indbinding:
Hardback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
1684420768
Udg. Dato:
14 maj 2009
Længde:
0mm
Bredde:
222mm
Højde:
222mm
Forlag:
Turner Publishing Company
Oplagsdato:
14 maj 2009
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