Angel Island immigrant gateway to America /

Lee, Erika.

Angel Island immigrant gateway to America / [electronic resource] : Erika Lee & Judy Yung. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010. - xxv, 394 p. : ill., map, ports.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine generated contents note: -- Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. A "Half-Open Door to America": Guarding the Golden Gate -- Chapter 2. "One Hundred Kinds of Oppressive Laws": Chinese Immigrants on Angel Island -- Chapter 3. "Agony, Anguish, and Anxiety": Japanese Immigrants on Angel Island -- Chapter 4. "The Hindu Invasion": South Asian Immigrants on Angel Island -- Chapter 5. "A Man without a Country": Korean Immigrants on Angel Island -- Chapter 6. "Seeking Freedom and a Good Living": Russian Immigrants and Refugees on Angel Island -- Chapter 7. "El Norte": Mexican Immigrants on Angel Island -- Chapter 8. From "U.S. Nationals" to "Aliens Ineligible to Citizenship": Filipino Immigrants on Angel Island -- Chapter 9. Saving Angel Island -- Epilogue. The Legacy of Angel Island -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Resources.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

9780199750559 (electronic bk.)




Angel Island Immigration Station (Calif.)--History.


San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.)--Emigration and immigration.


Electronic books.

JV6926.A65 / L44 2010

304.8/7309041