Building the Transcontinental Railroad: How 20,000 Chinese ... - HISTORY
2019年5月10日 · Chinese laborers at work on construction for the railroad built across the Sierra Nevada Mountains, circa 1870s. “Hong Kong and China were as close in travel time as the eastern U.S.,” Chang says.
Giving voice to Chinese railroad workers | Stanford Report
Stanford research has revealed that most of the Chinese railroad workers were young, single men who came from the Pearl River Delta region of southern China’s Guangdong province.
The Chinese railroad workers who helped connect the country: …
2019年4月22日 · In the first of 5 articles about the Transcontinental Railroad anniversary, descendants of Chinese railroad workers share their hope for the recognition of their ancestors' labor.
These Chinese immigrants opened the doors to the American West
2023年7月18日 · As many as 20,000 Chinese workers were recruited to build North America’s railways. Their descendants are still fighting for recognition, writes photographer Philip Cheung.
The stories they told: How the Chinese railroad workers live on
2019年6月5日 · The Chinese Railroad Workers in North America Project compiled and uploaded interview videos and transcripts with numerous descendants of railroad laborers, where they shared stories passed...
Chinese Railroad Workers in North America | Center for Spatial …
The Chinese Railroad Workers in North America Project seeks to give a voice to the Chinese migrants whose labor on the Transcontinental Railroad helped to shape the physical and social landscape of the American West.
Chinese Railroad Workers Project - Spotlight at Stanford
The Chinese Railroad Workers in North America Project at Stanford (CRRW) seeks to give a voice to the Chinese migrants whose labor on the Transcontinental Railroad helped to shape the physical and social landscape of the American West.
Chinese Railroad Workers, the Transcontinental Railroad, and …
2023年7月24日 · Asian migration to America began with Chinese railroad workers on the transcontinental railroad (1862-1869). Their labor saved the foundering Central Pacific Railroad, challenged by building a rail line through the Sierra Nevada.
Geography of Chinese Workers Building the Transcontinental Railroad
Chinese workers were an essential part of building the Central Pacific Railroad (CPRR), the western section of the first transcontinental railroad across the United States.
Chinese Railroad Workers | Department of History - Stanford …
Chinese Railroad Workers. Between 1865 and 1869, thousands of Chinese migrants toiled at a grueling pace and in perilous working conditions to help construct America’s First Transcontinental Railroad.