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Closing the Golden Door - Anna Pegler-Gordon - Bog

- Asian Migration and the Hidden History of Exclusion at Ellis Island

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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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  • Sprog:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9781469665726
  • Indbinding:
  • Hardback
  • Sideantal:
  • 344
  • Udgivet:
  • 30. november 2021
  • Størrelse:
  • 155x235x0 mm.
  • Vægt:
  • 705 g.
  • 8-11 hverdage.
  • 10. december 2024

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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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