Pacific crossing : California gold, Chinese migration, and the making of Hong Kong / Elizabeth Sinn.
| Author/creator |
Sinn, Elizabeth |
| Format | Electronic and Book |
| Publication Info | Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, 2013. |
| Description | xviii, 454 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
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| Contents | 1. Becoming a Useful Settlement: Hong Kong on the Eve of the Gold Rush -- 2. Leaving for California: The Gold Rush and Hong Kong's Development as an Emigrant Port -- 3. Networking the Pacific: The Shipping Trade -- 4. The Gold Mountain Trade -- 5. Preparing Opium for America -- 6. Bound for California: The Emigration of Chinese Women -- 7. Returning Bones -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1: Hong Kong Exports to San Francisco, 1849 -- Appendix 2: Migration Figures between Hong Kong and San Francisco, 1852-76, 1858-78 -- Appendix 3: Ships Sailing from Hong Kong to San Francisco, 1852. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 411-433) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2014467140 |
| ISBN | 9789888139712 (hbk.) |
| ISBN | 9888139711 (hbk.) |
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