Angel Island : immigrant gateway to America /

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Author / Creator:	Lee, Erika, author.
Imprint:	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Description:	1 online resource (xxv, 394 pages) : illustrations, map
Language:	English
Subject:	Angel Island Immigration Station (Calif.) -- History. Angel Island Immigration Station (Calif.) Emigration and immigration. San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.) -- Emigration and immigration. California -- San Francisco Bay Area. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11256439

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Other authors / contributors:	Yung, Judy, author.
ISBN:	9780199750559 0199750556 1280594969 9781280594960 9780199896158 0199896151 9780199752799 0199752796 9780199734085 0199734089
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Summary:	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.
Other form:	Print version: Lee, Erika. Angel Island. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010 9780199734085

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