Andrew Liu talks to Thomas Jones about the Chinese workers who followed the gold rush to California, Australia and South Africa, the racial stereotypes about them promoted by local politicians, and their role in the huge economic shifts of the late 19th century, as described in a new book by Mae Ngai, The Chinese Question.
“Race” (en), Andrew Liu (en), Global Capitalism (en), Migration (en), Racism (en), Sinophobia (en), The Chinese Diaspora (en)
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