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題名 | The Gold Hunters: The Picture of Chinese Life in California Mining Camps during the Mid-Nineteenth Century=掘金者:十九世紀中葉加州金礦區華人生活寫照 |
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作者姓名(中文) | 陳靜瑜; | 書刊名 | 興大歷史學報 |
卷期 | 11 2000.12[民89.12] |
頁次 | 頁111-151 |
分類號 | 577.7252 |
關鍵詞 | 中國移民; 採礦; 排華行動; Chinese immigrants; Mining; Anti-Chinese movement; |
語文 | 英文(English) |
中文摘要 | 十九世紀中葉,中國境內連年乾旱天災,農田荒蕪,有限的食糧不能養活這麼多的中國人,飢荒貧窮到處可見。對外因為中英鴉片戰爭失利,對內則內亂頻頻發生,尤以太平天國之亂最為甚,破壞中國倫常社會。此刻,正當美國加州發現金礦,需要大批的外來勞工,當這個消息傳到國人耳中,更加鼓舞沿海國人向全然未知的新大陸做一個賭注。他們認為與其坐而待斃,倒不如出洋一試。就如磁鐵一般(指金山黃金夢吸力)及一堆(指中國老家生活的困苦)的互動下,中國人以異鄉孤客(sojourners)的身份出現在美洲新大陸土地之上。中國勞工辛勤的幫忙美國挖掘金礦,對美國西部的開發頗有貢獻。本篇論文即在探討十九世紀中葉,美國引進大批中國勞工的原因、中國勞工進入加州礦區的路線、中國勞工在礦區生活的情形、工作時所使用的淘金器具、以及美國排華的舉動及立法等。本論文的結論是,金山礦區的挖掘隨著中國勞工的引進而興盛,亦隨著中國勞工的被驅逐而衰退。中國勞工對美國西部的開發,曾奉獻出一番心力。 |
英文摘要 | Chinese came to California largely because of bad conditions in the homeland. Famine and war combined to impel the Chinese to travel thousands of miles to face strange and unknown conditions across the ocean. The lure of gold completed the reasons for this great movement. That the Chinese who mined for gold-ginned wealth beyond their expectations or the expectations of their neighbors we have seen and admit. The Chinese in the gold fields of California aided materially in the development of mining in the state. They modified and improved the various mining implements to the benefit of mining conditions in the state. They often explored and opened up new mining areas, and found gold where the white miners believed none existed. The exodus of the Chinese from the mines marked the beginning of the decline of this picturesque region. When the Chinese left, the mines lost its most faithful and industrious workers; no other group and nationality labored quite so earnestly. Therefore, the withdrawal of the Chinese from the gold fields signified the beginning of that regions' decline. |
本系統之摘要資訊系依該期刊論文摘要之資訊為主。