Transnational linkages: the archaeology of the late 19th and early 20th century Chinese railroad workers
Author(s): Laura Ng
Year: 2017
Summary
Archaeological studies of Chinese railroad sites in the American West tend to be site-specific and rarely position material assemblages in a global or diasporic context where both people and goods moved back and forth across the Pacific Ocean. This paper examines how transnational frameworks can help archaeologists better interpret the material culture found at Chinese railroad sites by drawing on the fields of Asian American studies and historical archaeology.
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Transnational linkages: the archaeology of the late 19th and early 20th century Chinese railroad workers. Laura Ng. Presented at The 81st Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Vancouver, British Columbia. 2017 ( tDAR id: 430774)
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Keywords
General
Chinese American
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Historical Archaeology
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transnational
Geographic Keywords
North America - California
Spatial Coverage
min long: -125.464; min lat: 32.101 ; max long: -114.214; max lat: 42.033 ;
Record Identifiers
Abstract Id(s): 15034