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050 00 $aHD8039.R3152$bC524 2019
082 00 $a331.6/251097809034$223
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100 1 $aChang, Gordon H.,$eauthor.
245 10 $aGhosts of Gold Mountain :$bthe epic story of the Chinese who built the transcontinental railroad /$cGordon H. Chang.
264 1 $aBoston :$bHoughton Mifflin Harcourt,$c[2019]
300 $a312 pages :$billustrations, maps ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
520 $a"A groundbreaking, breathtaking history of the Chinese workers who built the Transcontinental Railroad, helping to forge modern America only to disappear into the shadows of history until now"--$cProvided by publisher.
520 $a"The long-lost tale of the Chinese workers who built the Transcontinental Railroad, helping to forge modern America only to disappear into the shadows of history. In 1864, as the Civil War still raged, throngs of Chinese migrants began to converge on the enormous western worksite of the Transcontinental Railroad. Over the next five years, they blasted tunnels through the granite cliffs of the Sierra Nevada and laid tracks across the burning Nevada and Utah deserts. As many as twelve hundred lost their lives along the route. Those who survived would suffer a different kind of death: a historical one, as they were pushed first to the margins of American life and then to the fringes of public memory. Of the twenty thousand Chinese laborers who toiled on the western portion of the Transcontinental, not one is named in histories of the railroad. Many were literate, yet not a scrap of their writing remains. In this groundbreaking book, award-winning historian Gordon H. Chang recovers the stories of these "silent spikes" and returns them to their rightful place in our national saga. Drawing on recent archeological findings, as well as payroll records, ship manifests, photographs, and other sources from American and Chinese archives, Chang retraces the laborers' odyssey in breathtaking detail. He introduces individual workers, describes their hopes and fears, and shows how they lived, ate, fought, loved, worked, and worshiped. Their sweat and blood not only fueled the ascent of an interlinked, industrial United States, but also laid the groundwork for a thriving Chinese America. A magisterial feat of scholarship and storytelling, Ghosts of Gold Mountain honors these immigrants' sacrifice and ingenuity, and celebrates their role in this defining American achievement."--Dust jacket.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aGuangdong -- Gold Mountain -- Central Pacific -- Foothills -- The High Sierra -- The Summit -- The strike -- Truckee -- The Golden Spike -- Beyond Promontory.
610 20 $aCentral Pacific Railroad Company$xEmployees$xHistory.
610 27 $aCentral Pacific Railroad Company.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00603778
650 0 $aRailroad construction workers$zWest (U.S.)$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aForeign workers, Chinese$zWest (U.S.)$xHistory$y19th century.
651 0 $aChina$xEmigration and immigration$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aChinese$zWest (U.S.)$xHistory$y19th century.
651 0 $aWest (U.S.)$xHistory$y19th century.
650 7 $aTRANSPORTATION / Railroads / History.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Asian American Studies.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aChinese.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00857169
650 7 $aEmigration and immigration.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00908690
650 7 $aEmployees.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00909111
650 7 $aForeign workers, Chinese.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01729121
650 7 $aRailroad construction workers.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01088589
651 7 $aChina.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01206073
651 7 $aUnited States, West.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01243255
648 7 $a1800-1899$2fast
655 7 $aHistory.$2fast
776 08 $iOnline version:$aChang, Gordon H., author.$tGhosts of Gold Mountain$dBoston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2019]$z9781328618610$w(DLC) 2018051358
852 00 $bglx$hHD8039.R3152$iC524 2019
852 00 $bbar$hHD8039.R3152$iC524 2019