Gordon H Chang
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Reading List AAPI (SCPL)
OLPL: Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
Description
"A groundbreaking, breathtaking history of the Chinese workers who built the Transcontinental Railroad, helping to forge modern America only to disappear into the shadows of history until now"--
"The long-lost tale of the Chinese workers who built the Transcontinental Railroad, helping to forge modern America only to disappear into the shadows of history. In 1864, as the Civil War still raged, throngs of Chinese migrants began to converge on the...
Author
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Americans look to China with fascination and fear, unsure whether the rising Asian power is friend or foe but certain it will play a crucial role in America's future. This is nothing new, Gordon Chang says. For centuries, Americans have been convinced of China's importance to their own national destiny. Fateful Ties draws on literature, art, biography, popular culture, and politics to trace America's long and varied preoccupation with China. China...