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The Chinese and the iron road building the transcontinental railroad /

The completion of the transcontinental railroad in May 1869 is usually told as a story of national triumph and a key moment for American Manifest Destiny. The railroad made it possible to cross the country in a matter of days instead of months, paved the way for new settlers to come out West, and he...

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Other Authors: Chang, Gordon H.,, Fishkin, Shelley Fisher,, Obenzinger, Hilton,, Hsu, Roland, 1961-
Format: Book
Language: English
Published: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2019]
Physical Description: xiii, 539 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Series: Asian America.
Subjects:
Central Pacific Railroad Company -- Employees -- History.
Railroad construction workers -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century.
Foreign workers, Chinese -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century.
Chinese -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century.
China -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 19th century.
West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century.
China.
West (U.S.)

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