To: Once-Ler
RE: Chinese railroad workers.
There is an excellent book on the subject; The Chinese in America, by Iris Chang*. They did return home, often with large savings to the extent they became landowners and shopkeepers.
The main proponents of massive immigration from China were the robber-barrons, Crocker, Stanford, Huntington et. al.
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* The singular downside to FR is the number of well written and informative books mentioned here by people who share the same values. Hard to keep up!
463 posted on
02/02/2005 8:44:24 AM PST by
investigateworld
(Babies= A sure sign He hasn't given up on mankind!)
To: investigateworld; truthkeeper; azhenfud; All
Check out the FR polls (3 still active) at:
http://www.freerepublic.com/perl/poll
What is your opinion regarding immigration:
After hearing President Bush's speech, do you approve of his immigration reform plan?
Do you approve of the plan to let some of the eight million illegal aliens in the United States move toward legal status without penalty -- but with social security benefits?
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466 posted on
02/02/2005 9:26:18 AM PST by
JustAnotherSavage
("We are all sinners. But jerks revel in their sins." PJ O'Rourke)
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