Chinese in the Frontier West
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Chinese in the Frontier West
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eng
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videorecording
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Chinese in the Frontier West
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1035084354
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Originally produced by CET Films in 2001
Runtime
60
Summary
This film documents the large-scale migration of Chinese to California during the Gold Rush of the 1850s and the central role that these immigrants played in developing the American West by building the first Transcontinental Railroad and transforming California into the breadbasket of the nation.. Their landmark legal battles to overcome discrimination helped to develop U.S. civil rights law, setting key precedents and expanding the definition of what it means to be an American
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live action
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