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Chapter 1 | Plague at the Golden Gate
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Ng Poon Chew
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Ng Poon Chew was a writer, a publisher and an advocate for Chinese American civil rights.
The Chinese Six Companies
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On May 28, 1900, San Francisco policemen formed a perimeter around Chinatown.
San Francisco’s Bubonic Plague Cover-up
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Word spreads of a bubonic plague outbreak in San Francisco’s Chinatown.
Owens Valley Paiute
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The Paiute people built sophisticated irrigation canals to channel water in California.
Chapter 1 | Flood in the Desert
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Big Dams of the American West
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Beginning in the 1930s, large dams were built on important watersheds.
Chapter 1 | The Movement and the "Madman"
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Chapter 1 |The Presidents: Jimmy Carter
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Dr. Joseph Kinyoun
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Dr. Joseph Kinyoun was a leader in the diagnosis and prevention of infectious diseases.
Chapter 1 | Poisoned Ground: The Tragedy at Love Canal
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Chapter 1 | The Sun Queen
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