In sight of America : photography and the development of U.S. immigration policy /
Pegler-Gordon, Anna,1968-
Berkeley, Calif. ; London : University of California Press,
c2009.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
First impressions : Chinese exclusion and the introduction of immigration identification, 1875-1909 -- Photographic paper sons : resisting immigration identity documentation, 1893-1943 -- Ellis Island as an observation station : spectacle and inspection, 1892-1924 -- Ellis Island as a photo studio : the horrific ethnographic image, 1904-26 -- The imaginary line : passing and passports on the Mexican-U.S. border, 1906-17 -- The dividing line : documentation on the Mexican-U.S. border, 1917-34.
Ellis Island Immigration Station (N.Y. and N.J.)
Angel Island Immigration Station (Calif.)
Portrait photography
Identification photographs
Immigrants
Immigrants
Ethnicity