Angel Island :: immigrant gateway to America /

From 1910 to 1940, the Angel Island immigration station in San Francisco served as the processing and detention center for over one million people from around the world. The majority of newcomers came from China and Japan, but there were also immigrants from India, the Philippines, Korea, Russia, Me...

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Hauptverfasser: Lee, Erika (VerfasserIn), Yung, Judy (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
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Zusammenfassung:From 1910 to 1940, the Angel Island immigration station in San Francisco served as the processing and detention center for over one million people from around the world. The majority of newcomers came from China and Japan, but there were also immigrants from India, the Philippines, Korea, Russia, Mexico, and over seventy other countries. The full history of these immigrants and their experiences on Angel Island is told for the first time in this landmark book, published to commemorate the immigration station's 100th anniversary. Based on extensive new research and oral histories, Angel Island.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xxv, 394 pages) : illustrations, map
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780199750559
0199750556
1280594969
9781280594960
9780199896158
0199896151
9780199752799
0199752796

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