Island: Poetry and History of Chinese Immigrants on Angel Island, 1910-1940
Title
Island: Poetry and History of Chinese Immigrants on Angel Island, 1910-1940
Subject
Chinese poetry -- United States -- Translations into English. Chinese poetry -- 20th century -- Translations into English. Immigrants' writings, Chinese. Chinese -- United States -- History. Immigrants -- United States -- History. United States -- Emigration and immigration -- History.
Description
Angel Island, in San Francisco Bay, was the entry, internment center, and often closest approach to the US for Chinese immigrants in the early 20th century. Here are the thoughts they carved and inkbrushed on their barrack's walls, discovered after the center closed in 1940. Facing pages of Chinese and English.
Creator
Lai, Him Mark, ed.
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Date
1996
Type
PL3164.5 .E5 L35
Identifier
2003.500.073