Passages to America: Oral Histories of Child Immigrants from Ellis Island and Angel Island Contributor(s): Werner, Emmy E. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1597972967 ISBN-13: 9781597972963 Publisher: Potomac Books OUR PRICE: $31.46 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2009 Annotation: The immigrant experiences of children from Ellis and Angel Islands |
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BISAC Categories: - History | United States - 20th Century - Social Science | Emigration & Immigration - Social Science | Children's Studies |
Dewey: 305.230 |
LCCN: 2009012772 |
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.3" W x 9" (1.01 lbs) 208 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Locality - New York, N.Y. - Geographic Orientation - New York - Locality - San Francisco, California - Cultural Region - Northern California - Geographic Orientation - California - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic - Cultural Region - Northeast U.S. - Cultural Region - Western U.S. |
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Publisher Description:
More than twelve million immigrants, many of them children, passed through Ellis Island's gates between 1892 and 1954. Children also came through the "Guardian of the Western Gate," the detention center on Angel Island in California that was designed to keep Chinese immigrants out of the United States. Based on the oral histories of fifty children who came to the United States before 1950, this book chronicles their American odyssey against the backdrop of World Wars I and II, the rise and fall of Hitler's Third Reich, and the hardships of the Great Depression. Ranging in age from four to sixteen years old, the children hailed from Northern, Central, Eastern, and Southern Europe; the Middle East; and China.
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Contributor Bio(s): Werner, Emmy E.: - Emmy E. Werner is the author of In Pursuit of Liberty: Coming of Age in the American Revolution, A Conspiracy of Decency: The Rescue of Danish Jews During World War II, Through the Eyes of Innocents: Children Witness World War II, and Reluctant Witnesses: Children's Voices From the Civil War. She currently lives in Berkeley, California. |