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Empire’s Tracks: Indigenous Nations, Chinese Workers, and the Transcontinental Railroad

byManu Karuka

Manu Karuka uses Empire’s Tracks to investigate indigenous Nations, Chinese Workers, and the Transcontinental Railroad through a carefully framed historical account. Its account follows central actors and turning points while showing how the story reflects questions in the connected fields of history and transportation. Rather than isolating its subject, the book shows how private experience and public systems continually influenced one another. Readers finish with a sharper understanding of the subject and why its consequences still deserve attention. The approach makes a specialized subject understandable without stripping away its tensions or ambiguity.

Publisher

University of California Press

Publication date

2019

Format

Print edition

Pages

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ISBN

9780520296640