In the 1850s, Chinese workers first migrated to the United States to work in gold mines, take agricultural jobs, and do factory work, especially in the garment industry. Chinese immigrants were particularly instrumental in building railroads in the American West. As Chinese laborers grew successful...
After walking the railroads they built and visiting their hometowns, I feel an immense sense of pride in this role." "The wisdom and courage of Chinese workers helped build America's first transcontinental railroad and paved the way for the development of their hometowns. The enduring spirit ...
The first Chinese immigrants arrived from southern China in the 1800s as laborers. Many worked on building America’s first railroads. Then, in 1882, the United States banned Chinese immigration. Hostility (敌意) toward the Chinese led to the creation of Chinatowns. Steve Wong tells about how...
The Asian American population is booming. Between 1980 and 1990 their numbers doubled and will most likely double again by 2010(Lee, 1998). In 1997 there was an estimated 9.3 million Asians in America accounting for 4% of the total U.S. population but their influence in American society ...
and its role as one of the major settlement centers in Arizona, Phoenix has been a somewhat small-scale magnet for Chinese immigrants since the late nineteenth century. Chinese immigrants were involved in building railroads from California to Arizona in the 1870s, as well as in silver mining ...
The United States and Australia treated the Chinese badly. Brought in to work on building America’s railroads, they were accused of stealing jobs from the whites. Chinese gold miners in Australia faced the same accusation. Both countries enacted anti-Chinese immigration laws; the US Chinese Exclu...
Set in a huge open world reminiscent of the Americas during the golden age of steam trains, Railroads Online puts you in the role of a pioneer helping to shape the future of America. Build tracks, traverse vast landscapes in various steam locomotives, transport goods to earn money, and cust...
1988). Soon enough the Chinese men were helping to build the railroads and digging water trenches in Nevada and other western states. News of other gold strikes in other western states also attracted many Chinese to those parts, who typically took up abandoned placer ...
Although the labor of the Chinese workers who built the first transcontinental railroad (and other railroads in the western part of the country) was pivotal to the development of the United States, these workers have never received the scholarly attention they deserve. 尽管修建第一条横贯大陆铁路...
"When you're thinking of the railroads, you think of the Chinese workers that built the railroad and nailed those final spikes and brought about the transcontinental transportation (in the United States). It was a phenomenal achievement," Barrett said. ...