Contemporary Article: Chinese Six Companies

Chinese Six Companies

Contemporary Article: Chinese Six Companies

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Contemporary Article

Immigration to the United States features a profile written by Joseph Dewey on the role of the Chinese Six Companies—an organization of the six most powerful Chinese companies—in the United States between 1880 and 1920. Dewey provides an account of the Chinese Six Companies efforts to build pride in Chinese identity in California. Other themes include: racial discrimination against Chinese people, Chinese labor on the transcontinental railroad, and the Chinese immigration experience.

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Immigration to the United States

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