The Silent Spikes : : Chinese Laborers and the Construction of North American Railroads (English Version)沉默的道钉：建设北美铁路的华工（修订版）（英）.
In the 1860s and 1880s, the transcontinental Pacific Railroads had been completed in the United States and Canada, which stood as eternal monuments of both countries in their march toward modernization, national unity and ethnic harmony. The construction of both railroads depended upon the great eff...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Beijing : : China Intercontinental Press,, 2017. {copy}2017. |
| Year of Publication: | 2017 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | Chinese |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (340 pages) |
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Table of Contents:
- Cover
- Titlepage
- Contents
- Author Introduction
- Preface to the Revised Edition
- Preface
- I Voyage across the Pacific Ocean and the Pursuit of Golden Mountain Dreams
- II The Vanguard in th Construction of the American Pacific Railroad
- 1. The Unprecedented Central Pacific Railroad
- 2. Chinese Laborers and the Construction of the Central Pacific Railroad
- 3. The Completion of the Transcontinental Railroad
- 4. The Hard Lives of Chinese Laborers
- III The Vanguard in the Construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway
- IV Unselfish Contributions and Immortal Monuments
- Postscript
- Notes
- Appendix I Sources of the Pictures
- Appendix II Selected Bibliography
- Copyright
- Backcover.