Angel Island: Immigrant Gateway to America - Hardcover

Lee, Erika; Yung, Judy

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0199734089 ISBN 13: 9780199734085

Verlag: OUP USA, 2010

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Book by Lee Erika Yung Judy

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Críticas:

This is a masterpiece and a worthy contribution to a better understanding of the role Angel Island played in American history. (Peter Kwong, Hunter College, The American Historical Review)

The author's of this book show a strong commitment to the topic, which is stimulated by their own, often painful, family histories ... The immigrants are at the core of this book (Hans Krabbendam, Journal of American Studies)

Reseña del editor:

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.
Angel Island is the official publication commemorating the immigration station's 100th anniversary.

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• Verlag: OUP USA
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0199734089
• ISBN 13: 9780199734085
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 432