@article{350085,
      recid = {350085},
      author = {Lee, Erika. and Yung, Judy.},
      title = {Angel Island : immigrant gateway to America /},
      publisher = {Oxford University Press,},
      address = {Oxford ;},
      pages = {[xxvii], 394 p. :},
      year = {2010},
      abstract = {"From 1910 to 1940, over half a million people sailed  through the Golden Gate, hoping to start a new life in  America. But they did not all disembark in San Francisco;  instead, most were ferried across the bay to the Angel  Island Immigration Station. For many, this was the real  gateway to the United States. For others, it was a prison  and their final destination, before being sent home. In  this landmark book, historians Erika Lee and Judy Yung  (both descendants of immigrants detained on the island)  provide the first comprehensive history of the Angel Island  Immigration Station. Drawing on extensive new research,  including immigration records, oral histories, and  inscriptions on the barrack walls, the authors produce a  sweeping yet intensely personal history of Chinese paper  sons, Japanese picture brides, Korean students, South Asian  political activists, Russian and Jewish refugees, Mexican  families, Filipino repatriates, and many others from around  the world. Their experiences on Angel Island reveal how  America's discriminatory immigration policies changed the  lives of immigrants and transformed the nation. A place of  heartrending history and breathtaking beauty, the Angel  Island Immigration Station is a National Historic Landmark,  and like Ellis Island, it is recognized as one of the most  important sites where America's immigration history was  made. This fascinating history is ultimately about America  itself and its complicated relationship to immigration, a  story that continues today. Angel Island is the official  publication commemorating the immigration station's 100th  anniversary"--Provided by publisher.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/350085},
}