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Focusing on its historical significance, the book explores Ellis Island as more than just a welcoming entry point for European immigrants. It reveals the station's dual role as a site of detention and exclusion, particularly affecting Chinese, Japanese, and other Asian immigrants. The narrative highlights the experiences of those considered undesirable, detailing the station's transformation into a detention camp and deportation center from 1924 to 1954, thus providing a nuanced view of immigration in America.
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Closing the Golden Door, Anna Pegler-Gordon
- Jazyk
- Rok vydání
- 2021
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- Podtitul
- Asian Migration and the Hidden History of Exclusion at Ellis Island
- Jazyk
- anglicky
- Autoři
- Anna Pegler-Gordon
- Rok vydání
- 2021
- Vazba
- měkká
- Počet stran
- 346
- ISBN13
- 9781469665696
- Série
- Hodnocení
- 4 z 5
- Anotace
- Focusing on its historical significance, the book explores Ellis Island as more than just a welcoming entry point for European immigrants. It reveals the station's dual role as a site of detention and exclusion, particularly affecting Chinese, Japanese, and other Asian immigrants. The narrative highlights the experiences of those considered undesirable, detailing the station's transformation into a detention camp and deportation center from 1924 to 1954, thus providing a nuanced view of immigration in America.