Immigration at the Golden Gate : passenger ships, exclusion, and Angel Island / Robert Eric Barde.

Author/creator Barde, Robert Eric, 1947-
Format Book
Publication InfoWestport, Conn. : Praeger, 2008.
Descriptionxiii, 283 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subjects
Angel Island Immigration Station (Calif.)--History.
Asians--Legal status, laws, etc. --United States. --History. --20th century.
San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.)--Emigration and immigration. --History. --20th century.
United States--Emigration and immigration. --Government policy. --History. --20th century.
Asia--Emigration and immigration. --History. --20th century.

Contents Introduction -- Exclusion, detention, and Angel Island -- An alleged wife -- Before Angel Island -- Moving migrants across the Pacific -- Asiatic steerage -- The life and death of the China mail -- The Nippon Maru : a career in the immigration trade -- Keepers of the Golden Gate -- The great immigrant smuggling scandal -- Mr. Section 6 -- Epilogue.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [261]-268) and index.
LCCN 2007043639
ISBN9780313347825 (alk. paper)
ISBN0313347824 (alk. paper)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks JV6923 .B37 2008 ✔ Available Place Hold