The LRB Podcast

China's Gold Rush Migrants

Jul 19, 2022

43:24

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Is It Possible to Unite Internationally?

02:15

Polite Racism Is More Polite Today Than It Was in the Nineteenth Century

01:45

Is There a Racism in the White Population?

03:55

Introduction

2min

The History of the California Gold Rush

4min

How Did the Discovery of Large Deposits of Gold Change the Global Economy?

4min

Is There Something Quite Artificial About That?

2min

The Effect of the Discovery of Gold on the Chinese Economy

2min

The Coolie Myth

3min

Are There Many More Workers in China Than in Australia?

2min

Is There a Racism in the White Population?

4min

What Is the Context of the Pacific Con?

4min

10.

The Politics of Free Movement in the United States

4min

11.

Is It Possible to Unite Internationally?

2min

12.

Polite Racism Is More Polite Today Than It Was in the Nineteenth Century

2min

13.

The Pendulum Swinging the Other Way

6min

14.

Is There a Rise in Hate Crimes Against Chinese Americans?

5min

Andrew Liu talks to Tom 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.

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Title music by Kieran Brunt / Produced by Anthony Wilks

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