The Gold Rush
Subtitle: Chinese immigrants come to America (1848-1882)
By: Jeremy Thornton.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Primary sources of immigration and migration in America
Publisher: PowerKids Press; Rosen Publishing Group
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 24
Subjects: Chinese Americans -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature.; Chinese Americans -- Social conditions -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature.; Immigrants -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature.; Chinese Americans -- California -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature.; Chinese Americans -- History -- 19th century.; Chinese Americans -- Social conditions -- 19th century.; Immigrants -- History -- 19th century.; California -- Gold discoveries -- Juvenile literature.; China -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature.; United States -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature.; California -- Gold discoveries.; China -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 19th century.; United States -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 19th century.
Genres: Juvenile literature.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 24) and index.
Table of contents: title: Chinese immigrants; title: Gold in California; title: China hears of the Gold Rush; title: Gam Saan; title: Chinese immigration; title: Mining camps; title: Chinese businesses; title: American citizens discriminate; title: Developing the West; title: Anti-immigration laws and beyond.