Item #8580 Island: Poetry and History of Chinese Immigrants on Angel Island 1910-1940. Him Mark Lai, Genny Lim, Jung Yung.

Island: Poetry and History of Chinese Immigrants on Angel Island 1910-1940

San Francisco: HOC DOI, 1980.

Paperback. 9" X 7 1/2". 174pp. Mild wear to paper wraps with light rubbing and toning to covers and creasing to corners and edges. Dust-spotting to edges of text block. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound.

ABOUT THIS BOOK:
In the early twentieth century, most Chinese immigrants coming to the United States were detained at the Angel Island Immigration Station in San Francisco Bay. There, they were subject to physical exams, interrogations, and often long detentions aimed at upholding the exclusion laws that kept Chinese out of the country. Many detainees recorded their anger and frustrations, hopes and despair in poetry written and carved on the barrack walls.

Island tells these immigrants' stories while underscoring their relevance to contemporary immigration issues. An important historical document as well as a significant work of literature, Island is a testament to the hardships Chinese immigrants endured on Angel Island, their perseverance, and their determination to make a new life in America.(Publisher). Good +. Item #8580
ISBN: 0936434007

Price: $18.00