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• Title:Pacific crossing : California gold, Chinese migration, and the making of Hong Kong / Elizabeth Sinn.
  
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• Author/Creator:Sinn, Elizabeth.
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Project Muse University Press eBooks
  University Press Scholarship Online Complete
  
• Published/Created:Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, 2013.
  

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  • Call Number: HC470.3
    
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• Library of Congress Subjects:Chinese--Foreign countries.
  Chinese--California--History.
  Gold mines and mining--California--History--19th century.
  Hong Kong (China)--Commerce--History.
  Hong Kong (China)--Economic conditions.
  Hong Kong (China)--Emigration and immigration.
  
• Subject(s):Electronic books.
  
• Description:1 online resource
  
• Terms governing use:Access may be restricted to institutions with a site license.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 411-433) and index.
  
• ISBN:9789888139712
  9888139711
  
• 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.