In this landmark book, ANGEL ISLAND: IMMIGRANT GATEWAY TO AMERICA
(Oxford University Press, 2010), historians Erika Lee and Judy Yung provide the
first comprehensive history of the Angel Island Immigration Station.
Drawing on extensive new research, including immigration records, oral
histories, and inscriptions on the barrack walls, the authors produce a
sweeping yet intensely personal history of Chinese “paper sons,” Japanese
picture brides, Korean students, South Asian political activists, Russian
and Jewish refugees, Mexican families, Filipino repatriates, and many
others from around the world. By examining the great diversity of
immigrants who passed through America’s Pacific gateway, Angel Island
revises our understanding of America’s complicated relationship to
immigration, a story that continues today.
*Angel Island: Immigrant Gateway to America* is the official publication
commemorating the immigration station’s 100th anniversary. A portion of
all book sales will benefit the Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation.
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