Originally from Guangdong, the man one newspaper called a "petty despot" had sailed to San Francisco on a Chinese junk just before the gold rush ... and work claims the Americans had abandoned.
Despite the hardship, San Francisco was an attractive destination for Chinese men hoping to ... In the mid 19th century, the US welcomed immigrants; the gold rush and the construction of America ...
The show's crew pulled in more than $3 million from Alaska's Klondike during the show's two seasons ... A tax targeting Chinese immigrants was even introduced by the government. The Gold Rush was also ...
an area that has a rich history surrounding Chinese immigrants, each year. "The Chinese miners built 30 Chinatowns during the gold rush. This is the only one that still stands," said Brian Tom ...
Stories about Chinese miners during Australia’s famous gold rush of the 1850s are often told from a Western perspective. The SBS drama series New Gold Mountain flips the script by shining a ...
In this lesson, students learn about the California Gold Rush of 1849 through miners’ letters and art/photos, then research the role of the “invisibles”—minority groups and immigrants ...
U.S. border officials arrested more than 37,000 Chinese nationals on the southern border in 2023, 10 times the number during the previous year, further exacerbating tensions over immigration going ...