{"product_id":"the-chinese-and-the-iron-road-building-the-transcontinental-railroad-paperback","title":"The Chinese and the Iron Road: Building the Transcontinental Railroad - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGordon H. Chang\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eShelley Fisher Fishkin\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe completion of the transcontinental railroad in May 1869 is usually told as a story of national triumph and a key moment for American Manifest Destiny. The Railroad made it possible to cross the country in a matter of days instead of months, paved the way for new settlers to come out west, and helped speed America's entry onto the world stage as a modern nation that spanned a full continent. It also created vast wealth for its four owners, including the fortune with which Leland Stanford would found Stanford University some two decades later. But while the Transcontinental has often been celebrated in national memory, little attention has been paid to the Chinese workers who made up 90 percent of the workforce on the Western portion of the line. The Railroad could not have been built without Chinese labor, but the lives of Chinese railroad workers themselves have been little understood and largely invisible.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis landmark volume explores the experiences of Chinese railroad workers and their place in cultural memory. \u003ci\u003eThe Chinese and the Iron Road\u003c\/i\u003e illuminates more fully than ever before the interconnected economies of China and the US, how immigration across the Pacific changed both nations, the dynamics of the racism the workers encountered, the conditions under which they labored, and their role in shaping both the history of the railroad and the development of the American West.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGordon H. Chang\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eShelley Fisher Fishkin\u003c\/b\u003e are Co-Directors of the Chinese Railroad Workers in North America Project at Stanford; \u003cb\u003eHilton Obenzinger\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Director and \u003cb\u003eRoland Hsu\u003c\/b\u003e is Director of Research.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 560\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.5 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 30, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52005244535085,"sku":"9781503609242","price":30.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/REM2bFJPeVliS3NNRHJ6eU0raEtXZz09.webp?v=1776756095","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/the-chinese-and-the-iron-road-building-the-transcontinental-railroad-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}