SAN FRANCISCO, April 11 (Xinhua) -- Stanford University held a photo exhibition Thursday to honor Chinese immigrant workers who built the First U.S. Transcontinental Railroad in the 19th century and the 150th anniversary of the completion of the landmark U.S. infrastructure project. The exhibiti...
The Transcontinental Railroad’s Dark Costs: Exploited Labor, Stolen Lands Chinese immigrant workers and Indigenous tribes paid a particularly high price. Read more By: Lesley Kennedy Lesley Kennedy is a features writer and editor living in Denver. Her work has appeared in national and regional news...
SAN FRANCISCO, April 12 (Xinhua) -- A photo exhibition at Stanford University celebrating the 150th anniversary of the First U.S. Transcontinental Railroad in the 19th century has unveiled many hidden historical details of tens of thousands of Chinese immigrant workers that built the milestone Amer...
Chinese laundry workers, 1881. Chinese working on the Central Pacific Railroad, 1867. In the first decades of the 20th century, Chinese immigrants continued to work toward greater inclusion in American life. Although the Exclusion Act was still in effect, the law did permit Chinese merchants, dip...
The strenuous work involved in building America's railroads was dangerous and many workers died during the construction process.One immigrant describedhow, during the journey to one of the work sites, several workers died of an epidemic and were buried quickly...
Just over a decade ago, Stanford University quite ironically began “The Chinese Railroad Workers in North America Project,” a project that sought to detail the story of Chinese immigrant workers during the early days of their presence in America. The …Continue reading→ ...
1863-64– Approximately 10,000 Chinese men are recruited to work on the Transcontinental Railroad. Railroad completed one year ahead of schedule. 1868*–Burlingame Treaty.The treaty “promised the Chinese civil rights equal to any other foreign resident” (Metrick-Chen). ...
immigrants(immigrant) were not Christian, and losing an entire day of sales for a holiday they didn't understand did not make economic sense to them. And Chinese restaurants boomed during the 65. construction (construct) of the Transcontinental Railroad, 66. catering (cater) to Chinese miners ...
Chinese males came to the Americas to work as railroad laborers and miners, and when the railroad was completed many went home, but some found work in small towns. In Carlin, Chinese immigrants were employed as merchants, shopkeepers, cooks, laundry workers, and a variety of other occupations...
Throughout American history, the image of Chinese immigrants and Chinese Americans has switched from positive to negative and back again. Along with this inconsistency and changeability, various labels have been attached to Chinese Americans: the hard-working railroad workers, the restaurant workers, ...