Pacific Crossing: California Gold, Chinese Migration, and the Making of Hong Kong

by Elizabeth Sinn

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 988813972X
• ISBN13: 9789888139729
• Release Date: December 2012
• Publisher: Hong Kong University Press
• Length: 472 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.9" x 8.9"