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| Title: | Chinaman’s Chance
: The Chinese on the Rocky Mountain Mining Frontier |
| Author: | Liping Zhu |
| ISBN: | 087081575X : 9780870815751 |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Size: | 140x205mm |
| Pages: | 336 |
| Weight: | .394 Kg. |
| Published: | University Press of Colorado - January 1998 |
| List Price: | 14.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: | In Print |
| Subjects: | American history: c1800 to c1900: Social & cultural history: Ethnic studies: Population & demography: Mining industry: CIVIL ENGINEERING; SURVEYING & BUILDING: USA |
Between 1863 and 1910, a large number of Chinese immigrants resided in the Boise Basin to search for gold. As in many Rocky Mountain mining camps, they comprised a majority of the population. Unlike settlers in many other boom-and-bust western mining towns, the Chinese in the Boise Basin managed to stay there for more than half a century. Thus, the Chinese portrayed all the stereotypical frontier roles-victors, victims, and villains. Their basic material needs were guaranteed, and many individuals were able to climb up the economic ladder. Frontier justice was used to settle disputes; Chinese-Americans frequently challenged white opponents in the various courts as well as in gun battles. Interesting and provocative, A CHINAMAN’S CHANCE not only offers general readers a narrative account of the Rocky Mountain mining frontier, but also introduces a fresh interpretation of the Chinese experience in nineteenth-century America to scholars interested in Asian American studies, immigration history, and ethnicity.
