Zhi Lin: In Search of the Lost History of Chinese Migrants and the Transcontinental Railroads

by Shawn Wong, Rock Hushka, Shelley Fisher Fishkin

In this pointed and resonant project, internationally acclaimed artist Zhi Lin refocuses on the forgotten Chinese laborers in America from an iconic moment in US history. In the nineteenth century, thousands of men migrated from China to seek fortunes in the gold mines of California; instead they found work building the transcontinental railroads. The contributions of these workers are largely overlooked in the history books, their names and stories...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0924335432
• ISBN13: 9780924335433
• Release Date: August 2017
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 88 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.2" x 10.2"