Research Catalog
In pursuit of gold : Chinese American miners and merchants in the American West / Sue Fawn Chung.
- Title
- In pursuit of gold : Chinese American miners and merchants in the American West / Sue Fawn Chung.
- Author
- Chung, Sue Fawn, 1944-
- Publication
- Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2011.
Items in the Library & Off-site
Filter by
1 Item
| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | F847.E4 C47 2011 | Off-site |
Holdings
Details
- Description
- xxxii, 258 p. : ill., map; 25 cm.
- Summary
- Studies the mining towns of: John Day, Oregon, Tuscarora, Nevada, and Gold Creek, Nevada. Chinese settled early in these towns and were the majority of their inhabitants.
- Series Statement
- Asian American experience
- Uniform Title
- Project Muse UPCC books
- Asian American experience.
- Subject
- Chinese Americans > Elko County > History > 19th century
- Gold miners > Elko County > History > 19th century
- Merchants > Elko County > History > 19th century
- Mining camps > Elko County > History > 19th century
- Community life > Elko County > History > 19th century
- Intercultural communication > Elko County > History > 19th century
- Chinese Americans > Oregon > History > 19th century
- Chinese Americans > West (U.S.) > History > 19th century
- Elko County (Nev.) > History > 19th century
- Oregon > History > 19th century
- Genre/Form
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- The coming and early challenges -- Onward to eastern Oregon -- Eastward to northeastern Nevada : Tuscarora -- Further east : Island Mountain and Gold Creek.
- ISBN
- 9780252036286 (acid-free paper)
- 025203628X (acid-free paper)
- LCCN
- ^^2010051965
- OCLC
- 694283188
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library