The Chinese question : the gold rushes and global politics /

The Chinese question : the gold rushes and global politics /

How Chinese migration to the world's goldfields upended global power and economics and forged modern conceptions of race. In roughly five decades, between 1848 and 1899, more gold was removed from the earth than had been mined in the 3,000 preceding years. But friction between Chinese and white...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ngai, Mae M. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : W. W. Norton & Company, [2021]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Chinese > Foreign countries > History > 19th century.
Gold mines and mining > Social aspects.
Gold mines and mining > Australia > History > 19th century.
Gold mines and mining > California > History > 19th century.
Gold mines and mining > South Africa > History > 19th century.
Chinese diaspora.
Race discrimination > History > 19th century.

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