{"product_id":"gold-mountain-turned-to-dust-essays-on-the-legal-history-of-the-chinese-in-the-nineteenth-century-american-west-paperback","title":"Gold Mountain Turned to Dust: Essays on the Legal History of the Chinese in the Nineteenth-Century American West - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn R. Wunder\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eLiping Zhu\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome half million Chinese immigrants settled in the American West in the nineteenth century. In spite of their vital contributions to the economy in gold mining, railroad construction, the founding of small businesses, and land reclamation, the Chinese were targets of systematic political discrimination and widespread violence. This legal history of the Chinese experience in the American West, based on the author's lifetime of research in legal sources all over the West--from California to Montana to New Mexico--serves as a basic account of the legal treatment of Chinese immigrants in the West.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The first two essays deal with anti-Chinese racial violence and judicial discrimination. The remainder of the book examines legal precedents and judicial doctrines derived from Chinese cases in specific western states. The Chinese, Wunder shows, used the American legal system to protect their rights and test a variety of legal doctrines, making vital contributions to the legal history of the American West.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn R. Wunder\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor emeritus of history at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. A widely published author and editor, his recent works include \u003ci\u003eReconfigurations of Native North America: An Anthology of New Perspectives\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAmericans View Their Dust Bowl Experience\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Lincoln, Nebraska.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 248\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.74 x 9.2 x 7.78 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54118202704147,"sku":"9780826359384","price":53.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0965\/6300\/3667\/files\/P-y9uA045V9780826359384.webp?v=1778046626","url":"https:\/\/finduslaw.com\/products\/gold-mountain-turned-to-dust-essays-on-the-legal-history-of-the-chinese-in-the-nineteenth-century-american-west-paperback","provider":"FindUSlaw Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}