Island
Subtitle: Poetry and History of Chinese Immigrants on Angel Island, 1910-1940
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Published: June 1999
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 174
ISBN-13: 9780295971094
Subjects: Poetry anthologies: from c 1900 -; Translations into English; Ethnic American Literatures; History - General History; Chinese; North & Central American indigenous languages; North America; Ethnic Studies - Asian American Studies; American - Asian American; Poetry; 20th century; United States; Asian; Chinese Poetry; Immigrants' writings, Chinese
First sentence: Angel Island, now an idyllic state park out in San Francisco Bay not far from Alcatraz, was the point of entry for the majority of the approximately 175,000 Chinese immigrants who came to America between 1910 and 1940.