Reflection In the third chapter of Takaki’s book‚ ‘Stranger from a different shore- Gam Saan Haak’‚ talks about many Chinese immigrants moves to America for getting jobs. At first‚ the majority of Chinese immigrants went to California for the gold mining or the Gold Mountain. Takaki mention that‚ at first the Chinese were welcome to the America and offering working opportunities to them. However‚ because of their skin tone‚ language‚ faces were considered to the threat to the mining area. In May 1852
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1840’s the discovery of gold in California blew up extremely‚ in the way that many people believed they could make a fortune by finding gold on their own; to be exact it was January 24‚ 1848 when James W. Marshall saw something that appeared to be shiny -near Sutter Creek Coloma‚ California- in which‚ unexpectedly‚ it turned out to be gold. At the time of his discovery Marshall was overseeing construction‚ on the American River‚ of a sawmill. Therefore‚ the discovery of gold in California brought attention
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Jennifer Lancaster Case Study 5 pg. 246 Business & Professional Ethics Zap 1078 All That Glitters Isn’t Gold 1. Determine the stakeholders in this case. Rank them according to importance and explain your reasoning. The stakeholders in this case study are David Walsh‚ John Felderhof‚ the Indonesian government‚ Freeport-McMoRan Copper and Gold‚ and Mike de Guzman. David Walsh is the most important player in this case. Without him acquiring the land in Indonesia to mine‚ there wouldn’t be
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public health concern with serious negative health effects‚ especially among children. In 2012‚ there was an epidemic of Lead (Pb) poisoning in children related to the processing of Lead-rich ore for gold extraction in Nigeria. In the Philippines‚ Agusan del Sur is one of the provinces with booming gold mining industry‚ and Lead (Pb) contamination of creeks near the mining sites is alarmingly high. To remediate mining pollution‚ phytoremediation is one of the options employed. Phytoremediation can
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accumulate possessions and wealth. He also talks about the history of James Marshall in the early 1848. James Marshall is a guys who found a piece of glowing metal on the floor‚ which turned out to be gold in Sacramento. As soon as he found the gold‚ people started going to the area‚ struck by ‘gold fever’. In a little over a year‚ San Francisco grew from shanty town of 79 building to a city of tens of thousands. But then‚ The Indian groups was trying to protect their lands‚ but were massacred by
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achieve a goal or undertake a mission. For example some of the story I will be discussing are The barrio Boy ‚ The king of mazy and Call of the Klondike these story all involve a character undertaking a mission to gain or achieve something. The call of Klondike and The king of Mazy are very similar. The barrio boy is different from both The call of klondike and The king of Mazy The barrio boy is about Ernesto Galarza a mexican-american boy who came to the United States for a better education
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Wells Fargo & Co. In 1852‚ Wells Fargo & Co was founded by Henry Wells and William Fargo with a purpose to serve the West. The new company started the banking (buying gold and selling paper bank drafts as good as gold) and expresses (rapid delivery of the gold and anything else valuable). After starting by Henry Wells and William Fargo‚ Wells Fargo opened for business in the San Francisco port. Soon Wells Fargo’s agents started to operate their offices in the other cities and camps of the West. During
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In places like Melaka‚ “gold was so plentiful that children played with it.” (Lockard‚ p229) “Pepper bought in Melaka could sell in China for three times the price it was purchased for.”(Lockard‚ 231) so it was very valuable for both the Melakan tradesmen and the Chinese. The
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that was flung at me earlier. Just as I had guessed from that painful experience earlier‚ the inside of the bag was stuffed with gold coins. I don’t know what the currency in this world is worth‚ but there are quite a lot inside‚ and I think it might be a fair amount. …The pain was proportional though. When I counted the contents more carefully‚ I found that there were 5 gold coins‚ 48 silver coins‚ and 114 copper coins. To be hit in the face with such a heavy thing‚ you did well in getting out unscathed
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the Americas). They brought these Asian slaves to the Caribbean Islands and various countries in South America. The truly large influx of Asian immigrants into the United States did not take place until the mid 19th century—1848 to be exact‚ when gold was discovered in the Western United States. Asians‚
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