labor market and, 67
murder of workers for, 232
wages for white workers, 144
Utah. See also specific place names
campsites in, 103
challenges of reaching and getting through, 64, 74, 75, 122, 189, 192
Hart’s photography of, 93, 192–94
interracial violence in, 196–97, 283–84 n197
landscape of, 1, 5, 10, 11, 20
other rail lines in, 241
racial composition of workers in, 195
scenery in, 192, 206
as territory, 209
V
Victory encampment, 198, 199, 204
Virginia City, Nevada, 178, 212
Volpe, John, 6
W
Wadsworth, Nevada, 189
wage inequalities, 73, 86, 142–47, 150, 152, 157, 275–76 n153
Ward, John, 36
Waterman, Lucius A., 220, 253 n33
Watkins, Carleton, 48–49, 80, 257 n50
Waverly (ship), 36
Whitney, Asa, 55–56, 63
Wildcat Canyon and Wildcat Summit, 81, 82
Williams, S. Wells, 256 n45
Wing Ning village, 21–24, 33
Winnemucca, Nevada, 192, 228
Wong, Francis, 298 n244
Wong, H. K., 233–34, 298 n244
Wong, Shawn, 98, 298 n244
Wong, Tyrus, 298 n244
Wong Fook, 4–5, 237–38
Wong Geu, 224
Wong Hau-hon, 223–24
“Wood Train and Chinamen in Bloomer Cut” (photograph), 96–97, 267 n97
X
Xi Jinping, 245
Xinhui County, China, 16
Xinning (Taishan) County, China, 15–16, 21
Y
Yanghe Association, 229
Yan Phou Lee, 55
Yee Fung Cheung, 62
Yep, Lawrence, 298 n244
Yokohama, Japan, 29, 253 n33
Yu, Connie Young, 243–44, 298 n244
Yuba River, 168
Yuekun Wu, 298 n244
Yung Wing, 25
Z
Zhang Yunhuan, 165
Zhigang (Manchu official), 58–59
Zhi Lin, 298 n244
zhongqiujie (Harvest Moon Festival), 24, 99
zhong yuan jie (Hungry Ghost Festival), 117–20
Zhou, Angela, 298 n244
About the Author
Gordon H. Chang is the Olive H. Palmer Professor in Humanities and professor of history at Stanford University, where he also serves as codirector of the Chinese Railroad Workers in North America Project and formerly directed the Center for East Asian Studies. Chang is the author of Fateful Ties: A History of America’s Preoccupation with China and the author and editor of eight other books. A fourth-generation Californian, he lives in Stanford, California, with his wife and daughters.
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