Description
Between 1863 and 1910, numerous 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 the entire stereotypical frontier roles-victors, sufferers, and villains. Their basic material needs were guaranteed, and plenty of individuals were in a position to climb up the economic ladder. Frontier justice used to be used to settle disputes; Chinese-Americans continuously challenged white opponents in the quite a lot of courts in addition to 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 The united states to scholars interested in Asian American studies, immigration history, and ethnicity in the American West.