Best known among these histories of struggle and hardship are those of the Chinese railroad workers, launderers, and gold miners of Europe and North America: that of the Chinese phosphate workers of the South Pacific is familiar to few.
這頁海外奮鬥的辛酸史，廣為流傳的是歐洲、美國的鐵路工作、洗衣工人和採金工人的故事。在南太平洋的磷礦工人則鮮有人知。