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In this revised edition sixty-nine poems in the main text have been combined with the sixty-six poems in the appendix into one section. Chinese poems that have been found on the walls of the immigration stations at Ellis Island in New York ad Victoria, B.C. in Canada are also included. Charles Egan, David Chuenyan Lai, Marlon K. Hom, and Ellen Yeung helped with the new translations and corrected any errors in the poems based on a report commissioned by the Angel Island Immigration Foundation. The historical introduction is rewritten to include the new research that has been done since Island was first published; excerpts of oral histories are replaced with twenty full profiles and stories drawn from our oral history collection and the immigration files at the National Archives, San Francisco.
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History, Emigration and immigration, Translations into English, Chinese poetry, Chinese, Angel Island Immigration Station, American poetry, Emigration and immigration in literature, Immigrants' writings, Chinese, Immigrants, Sources, Translations from Chinese, Chinese Translations, History and criticism, Poetry anthologies: from c 1900 -, Ethnic American Literatures, History - General History, North & Central American indigenous languages, North America, Ethnic Studies - Asian American Studies, American - Asian American, Poetry, 20th century, United States, Asian, Chinese poetry, translations into english, United states, emigration and immigration, Chinese, united states, Immigrants, united states, Angel Island Immigration Station (Calif.)Places
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Island: Poetry and History of Chinese Immigrants on Angel Island, 1910-1940, Second Edition
2014, University of Washington Press
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Island: Poetry and History of Chinese Immigrants on Angel Island, 1910-1940
June 1999, University of Washington Press
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Island: poetry and history of Chinese immigrants on Angel Island 1910-1940
1991, University of Washington Press
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Island: poetry and history of Chinese immigrants on Angel Island, 1910-1940
1980, Hoc Doi (History of Chinese Detained on Island) : distributed by San Francisco Study Center
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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.
First published in 1980, this book is now offered in an updated, expanded edition including a new historical introduction, 150 annotated poems in Chinese and English translation, extensive profiles of immigrants gleaned through oral histories, and dozens of new photographs from public archives and family albums. 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.
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