In pursuit of gold : Chinese American miners and merchants in the American West /

In pursuit of gold : Chinese American miners and merchants in the American West /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Chung, Sue Fawn, 1944-
Imprint:	Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2011.
Description:	xxxii, 258 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	The Asian American experience Asian American experience.
Subject:	Chinese Americans -- Nevada -- Elko County -- History -- 19th century. Gold miners -- Nevada -- Elko County -- History -- 19th century. Merchants -- Nevada -- Elko County -- History -- 19th century. Mining camps -- Nevada -- Elko County -- History -- 19th century. Community life -- Nevada -- Elko County -- History -- 19th century. Intercultural communication -- Nevada -- Elko County -- History -- 19th century. Chinese Americans -- Oregon -- History -- 19th century. Chinese Americans -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century. Chinese Americans. Community life. Ethnic relations. Gold miners. Intercultural communication. Merchants. Mining camps. Elko County (Nev.) -- Ethnic relations -- History -- 19th century. Oregon -- Ethnic relations -- History -- 19th century. Nevada -- Elko County. Oregon. United States, West. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8463122

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ISBN:	9780252036286 (acid-free paper) 025203628X (acid-free paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents:

Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Note on transliteration of Names
1. The Coming and Early Challenges
2. Onward to Eastern Oregon
3. Eastward to Northeastern Nevada: Tuscarora
4. Farther East: Island Mountain and Gold Creek
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index