| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 454 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 411-433) and index. |
| Contents |
Becoming a Useful Settlement -- Leaving for California -- Networking the Pacific -- The Gold Mountain Trade -- Preparing Opium for America -- Bound for California -- Returning Bones. |
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Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Note on Romanization; Note on Currencies and Weights; Introduction; 1 -- Becoming a Useful Settlement; 2 -- Leaving for California; 3 -- Networking the Pacific; 4 -- The Gold Mountain Trade; 5 -- Preparing Opium for America; 6 -- Bound for California; 7 -- Returning Bones; Conclusion; Appendix 1; Appendix 2; Appendix 3; Notes; Glossary; Bibliography; Index. |
| Summary |
During the nineteenth century tens of thousands of Chinese men and women crossed the Pacific to work, trade, and settle in California. Drawn initially by the gold rush, they took with them skills and goods and a view of the world which, though still Chinese, was transformed by their long journeys back and forth. They in turn transformed Hong Kong, their main point of embarkation, from a struggling infant colony into a prosperous international port and the cultural center of a far-ranging Chinese diaspora. Making use of extensive research in archives around the world, Pacific Crossing charts the rise of Chinese Gold Mountain firms engaged in all kinds of transpacific trade, especially the lucrative export of prepared opium and other luxury goods. Challenging the traditional view that the migration was primarily a "coolie trade," Elizabeth Sinn uncovers leadership and agency among the many Chinese who made the crossing. In presenting Hong Kong as an "in-between place" of repeated journeys and continuous movement, Sinn also offers a fresh view of the British colony and a new paradigm for migration studies. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Chinese -- Foreign countries.
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Chinese -- Foreign countries. |
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Chinese -- California -- History.
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Chinese. |
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California. |
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History. |
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Gold mines and mining -- California -- History -- 19th century.
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Gold mines and mining. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
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Hong Kong (China) -- Commerce -- History.
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Hong Kong (China) -- Economic conditions.
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Hong Kong (China) -- Emigration and immigration.
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| Chronological Term |
1800 - 1899 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Sinn, Elizabeth. Pacific Crossing : California Gold, Chinese Migration, and the Making of Hong Kong. Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, HKU, ©2012 9789888139712 (OCoLC)819521542 |
| ISBN |
9789882208780 |
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9882208789 |
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9789888139712 (hardback) |
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9888139711 (hardback) |
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