The Chinese migrants chasing an American dream

History Extra podcast

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4.3 • 4.5K Ratings

🗓️ 23 February 2024

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

What led two teenagers from Canton province in China to emigrate to California in the late 19th-century? And what lives awaited them on America's west coast? Speaking to Elinor Evans, Hugo Wong discusses the interlocking stories of two of his ancestors, who left China as young men in the late 19th century for the riches of California. Met by both opportunity and prejudice, they later helped to establish a Chinese settlement in Mexico, with their descendants forging new cultural ties. (Ad) Hugo Wong is the author of America's Lost Chinese: The Rise and Fall of a Migrant Family Dream (C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd, 2023). Buy it now from Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Americas-Lost-Chinese-Migrant-Family/dp/1805260561/?tag=bbchistory045-21&ascsubtag=historyextra-social-histboty The HistoryExtra podcast is produced by the team behind BBC History Magazine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:45.0	Welcome to the History Extra Podcast.
0:50.7	Fascinating historical conversations from BBC History magazine and BBC History revealed. What led two teenagers from China's Canton province to emigrate to California in the
1:09.3	late 19th century and what lives awaited them on America's West Coast.
1:15.0	Well in today's episode we'll hear from Hugo Wong,
1:19.0	who's written a personal story tracing two of his ancestors, a story that has much to say about the history of
1:26.0	Chinese migrant workers in North America and the lives that they forged.
1:31.1	Hugo spoke with Ellen Evans.
1:33.4	Hugo, thank you so much for joining me on the History Extra podcast to talk about your book,
1:37.6	America's Lost Chinese.
1:39.1	It's a story about two branches of your family, story of immigration between China, between the United States of America and
1:45.3	Mexico and beyond as well. Can you introduce us to the central figures at
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