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Ghosts of Gold Mountain: The Epic Story of the Chinese Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad
By Chang, Gordon H.
- ISBN
- 9781328618573 9781328618610
- Publisher
- Houghton Harcourt
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Reviewed on April 1, 2019 | Social Sciences
From 1864 to 1869, approximately 20,000 Chinese laborers worked on the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad that linked the U.S. east and west coasts. Most of the workers came to California in the 1850s from Guangdong province to participate in the gold rush. They faced discrimination and even violence from the white population, which accelerated in the years following the completion of the railroad. Very little is known about their individual experienc...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
