Closing the Golden Door
Asian Migration and the Hidden History of Exclusion at Ellis Island
In popular memory, Ellis Island is typically seen as a gateway for Europeans seeking to join the ‘great American melting pot’. But as this fresh examination of Ellis Island's history reveals, it was also a major site of immigrant detention and exclusion, especially for Chinese, Japanese, and other Asian travellers and maritime labourers.
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| ISBN/EAN | 9781469665726 |
| Auteur | Anna Pegler-Gordon |
| Uitgever | Van Ditmar Boekenimport B.V. |
| Taal | Engels |
| Uitvoering | Gebonden in harde band |
| Pagina's | 344 |
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