The Chinese question : the gold rushes and global politics
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Published
New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, [2021].
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xx, 440 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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Status
Northwest Reno Library - Adult Nonfiction
331.6251 NGAI 2021
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331.6251 NGAI 2021
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Chinese -- Foreign countries -- History -- 19th century.
Chinese diaspora.
Gold mines and mining -- Australia -- History -- 19th century.
Gold mines and mining -- California -- History -- 19th century.
Gold mines and mining -- Social aspects.
Gold mines and mining -- South Africa -- History -- 19th century.
Race discrimination -- History -- 19th century.
Chinese diaspora.
Gold mines and mining -- Australia -- History -- 19th century.
Gold mines and mining -- California -- History -- 19th century.
Gold mines and mining -- Social aspects.
Gold mines and mining -- South Africa -- History -- 19th century.
Race discrimination -- History -- 19th century.
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Published
New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, [2021].
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 322-418) and index.
Description
"How Chinese migration to the world's goldfields upended global power and economics and forged modern conceptions of race. In roughly five decades, between 1848 and 1899, more gold was removed from the earth than had been mined in the 3,000 preceding years. But friction between Chinese and white settlers on the goldfields of California, Australia, and South Africa catalyzed a global battle over "the Chinese Question": Would the United States and the British Empire outlaw Chinese immigration? This distinguished history of the Chinese diaspora and global capitalism chronicles how a feverish alchemy of race and money brought Chinese to the West and reshaped the nineteenth-century world, from Europe's subjugation of China to the rise of the international gold standard and the invention of racist, anti-Chinese stereotypes that linger to this day. Drawing on ten years of research across five continents, prize-winning historian Mae Ngai argues that Chinese exclusion was not extraneous to the emergent global economy but an integral part of it"--,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Ngai, M. M. (2021). The Chinese question: the gold rushes and global politics (First edition.). W.W. Norton & Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Ngai, Mae M.. 2021. The Chinese Question: The Gold Rushes and Global Politics. W.W. Norton & Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Ngai, Mae M.. The Chinese Question: The Gold Rushes and Global Politics W.W. Norton & Company, 2021.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Ngai, Mae M.. The Chinese Question: The Gold Rushes and Global Politics First edition., W.W. Norton & Company, 2021.
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