Chinese Exclusion Act | Arlington Public Library

1) American experience: Chinese exclusion act

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Examine the origin, history and impact of the 1882 law that made it illegal for Chinese workers to come to America and for Chinese nationals already here ever to become U.S. citizens. The first in a long line of acts targeting the Chinese for exclusion, it remained in force for more than 60 years.

2) Angel Island: gateway to Gold Mountain

Author

Freedman, Russell

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An account of "the other Ellis Island"--Angel Island, California, the entry point for one million Asian immigrants in the early 20th century.

3) At America's gates: Chinese immigration during the exclusion era, 1882-1943

Author

Lee, Erika

4) Chinese America: the untold story of America's oldest new community

Author

Kwong, Peter

5) The Chinese in America: a narrative history

Author

Chang, Iris

6) chinese must go violence exclusion and the making

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7) The dragon's child: a story of Angel Island

Author

Yep, Laurence

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Ten-year-old Gim Lew leaves his village in China to accompany his father to America, but before they go he must prepare for a grueling test that he must pass--without stuttering--at California's Angel Island, where officials strive to keep out unwanted immigrants. Includes facts about immigration from China and the experiences of the author's family.

8) Driven out: the forgotten war against Chinese America

Author

Pfaelzer, Jean

9) The Fire Horse girl

Author

Honeyman, Kay

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When Jade Moon, born in the unlucky year of the Fire Horse, and her father immigrate to America in 1923 and are detained at Angel Island Immigration Station, Jade Moon is determined to find a way through and prove that she is not cursed.

10) Forbidden citizens: Chinese exclusion and the U.S. Congress : a legislative history

Author

Gold, Martin

11) The girl who wrote in silk

Author

Estes, Kelli

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Book, Large Type

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Inara Erickson is exploring her deceased aunt's island estate when she finds an elaborately stitched piece of fabric hidden in the house. As she peels back layer upon layer of the secrets it holds, Inara's life becomes interwoven with that of Mei Lein, a young Chinese girl mysteriously driven from her home a century before. Through the stories Mei Lein tells in silk, Inara uncovers a tragic truth that will shake her family to its core - and force...

12) Landed

Author

Lee, Milly

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After leaving his village in southeastern China, twelve-year-old Sun is held at Angel Island, San Francisco, before being released to join his father, a merchant living in the area. Includes historical notes.

13) The making of Asian America: a history

Author

Lee, Erika

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Book, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle

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"The definitive history of Asian Americans by one of the nation's preeminent scholars on the subject. In the past fifty years, Asian Americans have helped change the face of America and are now the fastest growing group in the United States. But as award-winning historian Erika Lee reminds us, Asian Americans also have deep roots in the country. The Making of Asian America tells the little-known history of Asian Americans and their role in American...

14) On Gold Mountain: the 100-year odyssey of a Chinese-American family

Author

See, Lisa

15) Paper son: Lee's journey to America

Author

James, Helen Foster

Series

Tales of Young Americans series

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Twelve-year-old Lee, an orphan, reluctantly leaves his grandparents in China for the long sea voyage to San Francisco, where he and other immigrants undergo examinations at Angel Island Immigration Station.

16) Strangers from a different shore: a history of Asian Americans

Author

Takaki, Ronald T

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A history of Asian Americans, introducing the people, the cultures, and their hope, fears, contribution, and dreams. In an extraordinary blend of narrative history, personal recollection, and oral testimony, the author presents a sweeping history of Asian Americans. He writes of the Chinese who laid tracks for the transcontinental railroad, of plantation laborers in the canefields of Hawaii, of "picture brides" marrying strangers in the hope of becoming...