The Chinese Exclusion Act and Angel Island :
a brief history with documents /
Judy Yung (University of California, Santa Cruz).

Description

Main Author

Yung, Judy

Language(s)

English

Published

©2019
Boston, MA : Bedford/St. Martin's, [2019]

Subjects

Angel Island Immigration Station (Calif.)
Angel Island Immigration Station (Calif.) > Angel Island Immigration Station (Calif.) / History.
Immigrants.
Emigration and immigration > Emigration and immigration / Government policy.
Emigration and immigration.
Chinese Americans.
Chinese.
Américains d'origine chinoise > Américains d'origine chinoise / Histoire > Américains d'origine chinoise / Histoire / 19e siècle.
Immigrants > Immigrants / United States > Immigrants / United States / History > Immigrants / United States / History / 19th century.
Chinese Americans > Chinese Americans / History > Chinese Americans / History / 19th century.
Chinese > Chinese / United States > Chinese / United States / History > Chinese / United States / History / 19th century.
United States.
California > California / San Francisco Bay Area.
San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.) > San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.) / Emigration and immigration.
United States > United States / Emigration and immigration > United States / Emigration and immigration / History > United States / Emigration and immigration / History / 19th century.
United States > United States / Emigration and immigration > United States / Emigration and immigration / Government policy > United States / Emigration and immigration / Government policy / History > United States / Emigration and immigration / Government policy / History / 19th century.
History.

Summary

The Chinese Exclusion Act and Angel Island will introduce students to a broader and more inclusive vision of U.S. immigration history and, ultimately, a better understanding of the world we live in. What is uniquely important about this book are the personal stories and viewpoints of proponents and opponents of the Chinese exclusion laws; of Chinese immigrants who posed as "paper sons" and "paper daughters" to evade the exclusion laws; and of immigration officials who held strong convictions about how the immigration laws should be enforced. The introduction provides students with an over-arching historical, socio-economic, and political context by which to understand the compilation of primary documents that follow. For the same reason, each document has its own headnote with background information about the author and comments on its historical significance. Further pedagogical aids include a Chronology, new Questions for Consideration, and a revised Selected Bibliography

Physical Description

xvii, 174 pages : illustrations, facsimiles ; 21 cm

ISBN

9781319077860
1319077862

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