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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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores principales: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2010.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; Preface; A Note on Language and Terminology; Abbreviations; Introduction; CHAPTER ONE Guarding the Golden Gate The Life and Business of the Immigration Station; CHAPTER TWO "One Hundred Kinds of Oppressive Laws" Chinese Immigrants in the Shadow of Exclusion; CHAPTER THREE "Agony, Angiush, and Anxiety" Japanese Immigrants on Angel Island; CHAPTER FOUR "Obstacles This Way, Blockades That Way" South Asian Immigrants, U.S. Exclusion, and the Gadar Movement.
- CHAPTER FIVE "A People Without a Country" Korean Refugee Students and Picture Brides; CHAPTER SIX In Search of Freedom and Opportunity Russians and Jews in the Promised Land; CHAPTER SEVEN El Norte Mexican Immigrants on Angel Island; CHAPTER EIGHT From "U.S. Nationals" TO "Aliens" Filipino Migration and Repatriation through Angel Island; CHAPTER NINE Saving Angel Island; EPILOGUE The Legacy of Angel Island; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index.