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MINING THE INTANGIBLE PAST OF VIRGINIA CITY’S CHINESE PIONEERS:
USING HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM (HGIS) TO
DOCUMENT, VISUALIZE AND INTERPRET THE SPATIAL HISTORY OF
CHINESE IN A MONTANA MINING CAMP (CA 1863 - MID-20TH CENTURY)
by
Cheng Yang
A Thesis Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE USC SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
MASTER OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION
May 2011
Copyright 2011 Cheng Yang
Object Description
| Title | Mining the intangible past of Virginia City's Chinese pioneers: Using historical geographic information system (HGIS) to document, visualize and interpret the spatial history of Chinese in Montana mining camp (ca 1863-mid-20th century) |
| Author | Yang, Cheng |
| Author email | yangcheng8549@gmail.com; chengyan@usc.edu |
| Degree | Master of Historic Preservation |
| Document type | Thesis |
| Degree program | Historic Preservation |
| School | School of Architecture |
| Date defended/completed | 2011-04-01 |
| Date submitted | 2011 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2011-05-03 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Breisch, Kenneth A. |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Noble, Douglas Heath, Kingston |
| Abstract | In this research, using historic studies, historic maps, period photographs, and other documentary resources, the author creates a historic Geographic Information System to connect attributes of the heritage of Chinese pioneers in a mining camp with spatial data of the historic site, and uses it as an approach to document, visualize and interpret a complex multidimensional heritage site that lacks historic remains.; The result of the research is a rich computerized resource of information of an integrated cultural heritage site documented from historic maps, historic photographs, historic newspaper articles, historic records, and other resources. Based on different research objectives, these documented information aspects could be used separately or together to interpret and visualize the multifaceted spatial history of the Chinese in Virginia City, Montana. |
| Keyword | ghost town; documentation; historic preservation; national historic district; mining community; Chinese immigrants; interpretation; Geographic Information System; 3D reconstruction; intangible heritage; tangible heritage; spatial history |
| Geographic subject (city or populated place) | Virginia City |
| Geographic subject (state) | Montana |
| Geographic subject (country) | USA |
| Coverage date | circa 1863/1950 |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m3858 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Rights | Yang, Cheng |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Filename | etd-Yang-4549 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume44/etd-Yang-4549.pdf |
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| Title | Page 1 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Full text | MINING THE INTANGIBLE PAST OF VIRGINIA CITY’S CHINESE PIONEERS: USING HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM (HGIS) TO DOCUMENT, VISUALIZE AND INTERPRET THE SPATIAL HISTORY OF CHINESE IN A MONTANA MINING CAMP (CA 1863 - MID-20TH CENTURY) by Cheng Yang A Thesis Presented to the FACULTY OF THE USC SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree MASTER OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION May 2011 Copyright 2011 Cheng Yang |
