Institute on California and the West

The Chinese Question: The Gold Rushes and Global Politics


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Mae Ngai, Lung Family Professor of Asian American Studies and professor of history at Columbia University, discusses the role of Chinese miners in the 19th-century gold rushes of California, Australia, and South Africa, and the rise of anti-Chinese politics in the West. This talk is part of the Cheng Foundation Lecture series at The Huntington.
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Institute on California and the WestBy The Huntington