Both a history of an overlooked community and a well-rounded reassessment of prevailing assumptions about Chinese miners in the American West,In Pursuit of Gold brings to life in rich detail the world
Though recognized for their work in the mining and railroad industries, the Chinese also played a critical role in the nineteenth-century lumber trade. Sue Fawn Chung continues her acclaimed examinati
Both a history of an overlooked community and a well-rounded reassessment of prevailing assumptions about Chinese miners in the American West, In Pursuit of Gold brings to life in rich detail the worl
Chinese American Death Rituals examines Chinese American funerary rituals and cemeteries from the late nineteenth century until the present in order to understand the importance of Chinese funerary ri
When the Chinese were asked to help dig irrigation ditches in the 1850s in Genoa and Dayton, Nevada, no one imagined that they would constitute almost nine percent of the state's population by 1880. A
American anthropologists and historians survey Chinese American funerary rituals and ceremonies from the late 19th century to the present, to show the various ways Chinese Americans have resolved tens
