ISBN:
0199734089
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0199750556
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9780199734085
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9780199750559
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xxv, 394 pages)
DDC:
304.8/7309041
Keywords:
Angel Island Immigration Station (Calif.)
;
Angel Island Immigration Station (Calif.) History
;
Angel Island Immigration Station
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Geschichte
;
Geschichte 1910-1940
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Political Science
;
Social Science
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration
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Emigration and immigration
;
Geschichte
;
Migration
;
Einwanderung
;
Angel Island
;
USA Weststaaten
;
USA Weststaaten
;
Einwanderung
;
Angel Island
;
Geschichte 1910-1940
;
Angel Island Immigration Station
;
Geschichte
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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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, ANGUISH, AND ANXIETY" Chinese Immigrants in the Shadow of Exclusion; CHAPTER FOUR "OBSTACLES THIS WAY, BLOCKADES THAT WAY" South Asian Immigrants, U.S. Exclusion, and the Gadar Movement
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CHAPTER FIVE "A PEOPLE WITHOUT A COUNTRY" Korean Refugee Students and Picture BridesCHAPTER 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
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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
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