HISTORY 142A Chapter Notes - Chapter article: Kong Ngai, Gold Rush, Immigration Restriction Act 1901
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When the gold rush happened, populations from all over the world rushed in while native populations didn"t really care they didn"t use it for monetary value >they got pushed off their land while pacific worlds and global economy changed. Miners came from all over the world to search for gold. Usually got gold from "placer deposits" mainly @ or near earth"s surface in sand and gravel of streams >depleted >quartz mining (get gold from veins/ore bodies underground) In association w/ euro-american racism; not on their own. Focus on discourse or politics surrounding chinese instead of conditions and experience of chinese labor. Mainstream us historical literature presents view that chinese labor in. Essay looks at chinese labor systems and anti-chinese politics in ca and. Argues chinese question has to be tackled empirically + discursively. Looks like about 60 chinese contracted workers in toulumne county 1849 summer. Was pretty normal to use contracted labor in first few years of rush.
