Author: Wendy Wong Schirmer

Wendy Wong Schirmer has taught Early and Modern U.S. History, and also Intellectual Heritage. Trained as a diplomatic and cultural historian, she earned her Ph.D. in Early American history at Temple University. Currently based in the United States, she lives outside of Philadelphia.
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Haunting History: Gordon Chang’s Writing History without Documents: Chinese Railroad Worker Ghosts and American History

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The building of the Transcontinental Railroad in the aftermath of the U.S. Civil War (1861-1865) was a symbol and achievement of unification, of future imperial growth. In his USSO Book Hour Talk, Writing History without Documents: Chinese Railroad Worker Ghosts and American History, Stanford historian of Sino-American relations Gordon Chang… Continue reading