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In pursuit of gold : Chinese American miners and merchants in the American West
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- Creator
- Sue Fawn Chung
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2011]
- ©2011
- Series
- Physical Details
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- xxxii, 258 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
- ISBNs
- 0252080548, 9786613244352, 025203628X, 0252093348, 1978618700, 9780252036286, 1283244357, 9781283244350, 9781978618701, 9780252093340
- OCLC
- ocn694283188, ocn754326469, ocn923493486
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- The coming and early challenges -- Onward to eastern Oregon -- Eastward to northeastern Nevada : Tuscarora -- Further east : Island Mountain and Gold Creek
Subjects
- Chinese Americans -- Nevada -- Elko County -- History -- 19th century.
- Gold miners -- Nevada -- Elko County -- History -- 19th century.
- Merchants -- Nevada -- Elko County -- History -- 19th century.
- Mining camps -- Nevada -- Elko County -- History -- 19th century.
- Community life -- Nevada -- Elko County -- History -- 19th century.
- Intercultural communication -- Nevada -- Elko County -- History -- 19th century.
- Chinese Americans -- Oregon -- History -- 19th century.
- Chinese Americans -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century.
- Elko County (Nev.) -- Ethnic relations -- History -- 19th century.
- Oregon -- Ethnic relations -- History -- 19th century.