Brian Leung

Brian Leung appears in the following:

150 Years on, China’s Rail Role Would Use U.S. Labor

Friday, June 24, 2011

Nearly 150 years ago America built the first transcontinental railroad, and 10,000 Chinese laborers used pickaxes to cut tunnels and rail-lines for just $30 per month. Now, President Obama is promoting high-speed rail, and the Chinese are again involved.  This time, though, they don't just want to swing an axe.  They want to design and part-fund it and have Americans provide the labor. Alastair Leithead, a reporter with the BBC, has been looking at the story for their series "Power of Asia." We also hear from Brian Leung, an associate professor of creative writing at University of Louisville, the author of "Take Me Home" a book about Chinese Americans in the nineteenth century.

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Brian Leung on his Novel, Take Me Home

Monday, November 22, 2010

Brian Leung discusses his novel Take Me Home, a story about friendship and love set against the backdrop of 1880s Wyoming, about a woman who goes against society’s rules and develops a close connection with a Chinese man.

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Brian Leung on Chinese Americans in the Wild West

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

When we look back on the wild west of American history, we frequently celebrate cowboys and Indians, wild buffalo and wide open country. But what we often leave out are the thousands of Chinese-Americans who worked on the Union Pacific railroad, lived in the many coal-mining towns, and struggled against the prejudices of their white neighbors and employers.

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