2.25.2022 Meet the Author: Mae Ngai - The Chinese Question: The Gold Rushes and Global Politics

If you missed the Meet the Author webinar featuring Mae Ngai, author of The Chinese Question: The Gold Rushes and Global Politics, or would like to share the conversation with a friend you can now watch the full recording at Meet the Author: Mae Ngai The Chinese Question with 1882 Foundation and Chinese American Museum DC - YouTube.

Ngai's research is a narrative of thousands who left their homeland in pursuit of gold, forming communities and organizations to help navigate their perilous new world. But friction between Chinese and white settlers on the goldfields catalyzed a global battle over "the Chinese Question": would the United States and the British Empire outlaw Chinese immigration? The Chinese Question demonstrates that the Chinese exclusion that ultimately resulted was not extraneous to the emergent global economy, but an integral part of its growth.

Mae Ngai is Lung Family Professor of Asian American Studies and a professor of history at Columbia University. Joining the conversation are Ted Gong, Executive Director of the 1882 Foundation, Prakash Khatri, Attorney at Law, immigration expert, and practitioner, and David Uy, Executive Director of the Chinese American Museum DC.

This event is made possible by the generous sponsorship of Panda Express as part of the Timeless Echoes series.

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