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WIP with Mark Johnson on our project about the history of Chinese immigration in Montana.

I think the scene lands much harder with the mob present than with the word balloons alone.

#illustration #comics #ChineseAmericanHistory #immigration

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Cover of the book The Moys of New York and Shanghai: One Family’s Extraordinary Journey Through War and Revolution

Cover of the book The Moys of New York and Shanghai: One Family’s Extraordinary Journey Through War and Revolution

So in between everything else that’s going on, I just published The Moys of New York and Shanghai with @ucpress.bsky.social. It’s a biography of six Chinese American siblings that Kirkus calls “a soap opera in the best sense of the term.” Available now! #ChineseAmericanhistory #biography

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The Chinese Six Companies and the Early “Tong” Wars in California, Part 3 What were the Chinese companies and why were they fighting each other?

"Mostly Asian History" returns to the California Gold Rush.

#Chinesehistory #Chineseamericanhistory #Californiahistory #Sanfranciscohistory #goldrushhistory

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Chinese, Apaches, Pseudohistory, and the Chinese in Arizona, Part Two of a series on Chinese and Natitve American Indians in the Old American West

This week “Mostly Asian History” examines a report of an Apache massacre of Chinese gold miners in Arizona in the 1860s. Chinese, Indians, and a bit of chatter on how to analyze a historical report to determine its truthfullness.

#Chineseamericanhistory

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Chinese and Native American Indians in the Old American West -Part One, Competition and Friction Two excluded minority groups in the Old American West

So . . . if the Old American West had Indians, and if it had Chinese, in the same place at the same time, how did they treat each other? Read and find out.

#Chineseamericanhistory #NativeAmericanhistory #Americanhistory #oldwesthistory

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Mass Chinese conflict in California in the 1850s, part 2 of a series on the early “tong wars” of the California Gold Rush -who, exactly, was fighting anyway? Identifying the combatants Originally released on Oct 13, 2024

Mass Chinese conflict in 1854 and 1856 in California. Why were they fighting and how has this history become distorted?

#Chineseamericanhistory #californiahistory #weaverville1854 #ChineseCamp1856

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Montana’s Chinese past isn’t past - High Country News A forgotten Chinese cemetery reveals how Missoula buries its past — and why the present is so familiar.

MONTANA — Montana’s Chinese past isn’t past. Descendants, historians, and community partners are documenting mining camps, laundries, and temples—and pushing back on erasure with new research and interpretation across the state.

Read more: buff.ly/Vh7Fpyh

#Archaeology #ChineseAmericanHistory

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A heartfelt thank you to all the organizers of this event. #chineseamericanhistory #camla #chineseamerican

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Locke is now on the airwaves! 🎙️

Discover the incredible story of our town and the vital preservation work of the Locke Foundation on the newest episode of the Atlas Obscura podcast! Tune in and don't miss this episode!

#LockeFoundation #AtlasObscura #Hiddengem #Podcast #Chineseamericanhistory

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Chinese and the Australian Gold Rush, Part Three Comparing Chinese vices in 19th Century Australia to those found in California and the USA at the same time

Chinese vice in 19th Century Australia! Who would not want to read about that, huh?

#Chinesehistory #chineseamericanhistory #chineseaustralianhistory

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Stand UP, Speak OUT Episode 2 : Voting Rights - The Soohoo Louie Women
Stand UP, Speak OUT Episode 2 : Voting Rights - The Soohoo Louie Women YouTube video by BC Voices - Stand UP, Speak OUT Docuseries

📺 Watch the full episode of Stand Up, Speak Out – Episode 2: Voting Rights: The Soohoo Louie Women on YouTube or Vimeo:
🔗 YouTube: youtu.be/YAGyMa8XGF8?
🔗 Vimeo: vimeo.com/474793166
#ImmigrantStories #VotingRights #ChineseAmericanHistory #WomensHistory #StandUpSpeakOut

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Lily’s father came to the U.S. in 1930 at just 15 — using the “paper son” system, a risky but common way Chinese immigrants circumvented racist laws that barred most from entry.
If discovered, her father and grandfather could have been deported. #ChineseAmericanHistory

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FREE COLUMN - Human trafficking of "coolie labor" in 19th Century China for the overseas market -"Selling Piglets." And more on Dog Eating in China

More 19th Century Chinese and Chinese American history!!

Wow!

Wow!

Wow!

#Chineseamericanhistory #Chinesehistory #coolie #humantrafficking #overseaschinese #chineseaustralianhistory

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Transnational Families, Part Two: the 19th Century family in Southern China Greetings, thanks for coming back for your weekly Asian Studies Fix!!

Chinese families and gay incestuous Chinese pirates. Oh my!! And what does this have to do with the history of 19th C Chinese families in California and Australia?

#Chinesehistory #Chineseamericanhistory #chinesecanadianhistory #Chineseaustralianhistory

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Transnational Families and Anti-Chinese sentiment in the 19th Old American West And the ugliness of Chinese prostitution and sexual slavery in the same time period

Men without women behaving badly in the Old American West! Chinese men in fact.

#Chineseamericanhistory #chinesediaspora #oldamericanwest #chinesehistory

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Edward Day Cahota - Chinese American Civil War Veteran, Part 3 of a series on Chinese Americans in the US Civil War Adopted American son and military veteran prohbited from obtaining citizenship under the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882.

New Column. Chinese American veterans of the US Civil War.

#chineseamericanhistory #uscivilwar #maritimehistory #chineseoverseasadoptees #asianamericanhistory #aapi

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Chinese in the US Civil War. Part Two. "John Fouenty." Confederate soldier and Survivor of the horrible Cuban Coolie trafficking. And the 19th Century Coolie Trade to Cuba

Story of "John Fouenty," Confederate solider and a human trafficking victim of the 19th Century Cuban Chinese "coolie" trade.

#Chinesehistory #civilwarhistory #cubanhistory #Chineseamericanhistory #Chineseinlatinamerica #humantrafficking #Confederacy

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Chinese Adoptees in the US Civil War. Part One. And other kinds of Chinese or Chinese-Americans too.

Chinese and Chinese Americans in the US Civil War

#Chineseamericanhistory #Civilwarhistory #Chineseadoptees #maritimehistory #cabinboys

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Misplaced Chinese Children in the 19th Century USA A small but interesting population

Mid 19th Century Chinese adoptees raised in the USA

#Chinesehisotory #history #civilwar #Chineseamericanhistory #maritimehistory #asianadoptees #orphans

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The Independence Day editorial from The Golden Hill News, July 8, 1854. ("Kim Shan Jit San Luk" or 金山日新录 An English language editorial in the USA's first Chinese language newspaper

More history of the Chinese during the California Gold Rush

#history #ChineseAmericanhistory #Californiahistory #goldrushhistory

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The USA’s second Chinese Language newspaper, Tung Ngai San Luk ( 東涯新錄 ) or "The Oriental." Greetings, welcome back for your weekly Asian Studies fix.

More Chinese-American, California gold rush history! But with newspapers and Presbyterian missionaries too.

#Chineseamericanhistory #Asianhistory #mediahistory #sanfranciscohisotry #californiahistory #militantpresbyterians

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Gathering over traditional meals is a powerful way to connect with heritage. In the 1960s, the Lang family hosted Chinese American supper clubs in Louisville, captured in this 1964 Courier-Journal photo.

#chineseamericanhistory #foodheritage

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The first Chinese language American newspaper, San Francisco 1854 Yes, there were two Chinese language newspaper in California in the 1850s

More Chinese American history

#Chineseamericanhistory #Chinesehistory #mediahistory
#newspaperhistory

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When anti-Chinese laws pushed many out of railroad work, Japanese immigrants later filled some of those same roles. They, too, were largely uncredited.

But that doesn’t mean we have to forget.

#AAPIHeritageMonth #ChineseAmericanHistory #TranscontinentalRailroad #QuietAmericans

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Death and Life for the Chinese in North America and the shift to Tongs instead of Companies Insights from an a collection of academic essays

Back to finding the patterns and solving the questions involved with the history of the tong wars in the Old American West!

#Chinesehistory #Chineseamericanhistory #oldwesthistory #tongwars #californiahistory #chinatownhistory #chinatown #peterhuston #tongs

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I cannot stop thinking about John Muir's Chinese cook. "Everyone got rich during the Gold Rush, except for the Chinese."

A year ago, I visited John Muir’s house, now a museum, in Martinez, California. But instead of delving into Muir’s life, I found myself drawn to the incredible story of his Chinese cook. open.substack.com/pub/everytin...

#JohnMuir #ChineseAmericanHistory #CaliforniaHistory #GoldRush

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Factoids about "California Gold, Chinese Migration, and the Making of Hong Kong," lessons from "Pacific Crossing," by Elizabeth Sinn. Greetings,

The California gold rush of 1849 as seen from Hong Kong. No, really. It is interesting.

#Hongkonghistory #californiahistory #goldrushhistory #Chinesehistory #chineseamericanhistory #maritimehistory

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Chinese laborers in the Old West - Coolie labor or Heroic pioneers? The first large contingent of Chinese laborers came to California to mine gold in 1849 having been contracted by an Englishman in Shanghai.

New post. Chinese in the Californa gold rish.

#Chinesehistory #Californiahistory #Chineseamericanhistory #californiagoldrushhistory

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2/2 If you go, visit the #BokkaiTemple, America’s only Taoist temple, and the #ChineseAmericanMuseumofNorthernCalifornia. chineseamericanmuseum.com
The museum tells the story of the Chinese in the #GoldRush and developing the levees & agriculture in the delta.
#chineseamericanhistory

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Her thesis involved researching immigrants from China to Hawaii. Kathy Bowman is happy to help guide you through the process of understanding your family’s journey. #ChineseAmericanHistory #FamilyHistory #history

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