Category: History: U.S.: 19th Century

Copyright/published Year: 2019 by Houghton Mifflin Har

ISBN: 1328618579

Binding: hardcover

The Epic Story of the Chinese Who Built the Transcontinental ì Railroad

From across the sea, they came by the thousands, escaping war ì and poverty in southern China to seek their fortunes in America. ì Converging on the enormous western worksite of the ì Transcontinental Railroad, the migrants spent years dynamiting ì tunnels through the snow-packed cliffs of the Sierra Nevada and ì laying tracks across the burning Utah desert. Their sweat and ì blood fueled the ascent of an interlinked, industrial United ì States. But those of them who survived this perilous effort would ì suffer a different kind of death-a historical one, as they were ì pushed first to the margins of American life and then to the ì fringes of public memory.

In this groundbreaking account, award-winning scholar Gordon ì H. Chang draws on unprecedented research to recover the Chinese ì railroad workers' stories and celebrate their role in remaking ì America. An invaluable correction of a great historical ì injustice, Ghosts of Gold Mountain returns these "silent ì spikes" to their rightful place in our national saga.

This book is new and is in ' like new' condition.

Additional condition description

Like new copy. Appears never read. NO remainder markings. No tears on jacket.