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Angel Island: Immigrant Gateway to America
Contributor(s): Lee, Erika (Author), Yung, Judy (Author)

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 ISBN: 0199896151     ISBN-13: 9780199896158
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
OUR PRICE: $23.74  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: June 2012
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BISAC Categories:
- History | United States - State & Local - West (ak, Ca, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, Wy)
- History | United States - 20th Century
- Social Science | Emigration & Immigration
Dewey: 304.873
LCCN: 2009054343
Physical Information: 1.3" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" L (1.20 lbs) 432 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 1900-1949
- Cultural Region - Northern California
- Cultural Region - West Coast
- Geographic Orientation - California
- Locality - San Francisco, California
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Price on Product, Table of Contents
 
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Publisher Description:
From 1910 to 1940, over half a million people sailed through the Golden Gate, hoping to start a new life in America. But they did not all disembark in San Francisco; instead, most were ferried across the bay to the Angel Island Immigration Station. For many, this was the real gateway to the
United States. For others, it was a prison and their final destination, before being sent home.

In this landmark book, historians Erika Lee and Judy Yung (both descendants of immigrants detained on the island) provide the first comprehensive history of the Angel Island Immigration Station. Drawing on extensive new research, including immigration records, oral histories, and inscriptions on the
barrack walls, the authors produce a sweeping yet intensely personal history of Chinese paper sons, Japanese picture brides, Korean students, South Asian political activists, Russian and Jewish refugees, Mexican families, Filipino repatriates, and many others from around the world. Their
experiences on Angel Island reveal how America's discriminatory immigration policies changed the lives of immigrants and transformed the nation.

A place of heartrending history and breathtaking beauty, the Angel Island Immigration Station is a National Historic Landmark, and like Ellis Island, it is recognized as one of the most important sites where America's immigration history was made. This fascinating history is ultimately about America
itself and its complicated relationship to immigration, a story that continues today.
 
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