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Chinese in the Frontier West: An American Story
- 2000 ----- color ----- 59 min ----- vhs
- (Ancestors in the Americas series, Part 2) (A "documemoir" by Loni Ding) The Chinese arrived on the West coast during the Gold Rush not as coolies laboring in the bleak outposts of the New World's plantations and mines but as free men embarking for "Gold Mountain." Pushed by hard times at home, they arrived full of hope for wealth and for an auspicious return to their homeland. How little their contribution was understood at the time--how little it is known even today. Reveals the strength of these American ancestors, who, upon arrival, met with unremitting suspicion and hostility, yet managed to sustain their embattled community and culture, and help build a nation.Denied the basic right of citizenship, the Chinese forged an alternative route to becoming Americans: they relentlessly pursued their rights in America's courts. They turned to the justice system precisely because they understood and believed in the American promise of equality and freedom.
- Topics: (American Ethnic Studies: Asian-American, China, Far Eastern Studies, History: American, Law)
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