An American History

THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE WEST ★ 619

three- quarters of New Mexico’s sheep belonged to just twenty families. Unable
to continue as sheep raisers, more and more Hispanic residents went to work
for the new mines and railroads.

The Chinese Presence

Chinese immigration, which had begun at the time of the California gold
rush, continued in the postwar years. Before the Civil War, nearly all Chinese
newcomers had been unattached men, brought in by labor contractors to

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How was the West transformed economically and socially in this period?