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Central - Adult DVD
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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.
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Central - Kids Nonfiction
J 973.04951 FREED
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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.
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Central - Adult Nonfiction
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Central - Adult Nonfiction
973.04951 CHANG
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973.04951 CHANG
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Central - Adult Nonfiction
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973.04951 CHANG
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In 1882, the United States launched an unprecedented experiment in federal border control--which promptly failed. The Chinese Must Go examines this formative moment when America's lackluster attempt to bar Chinese workers provoked a wave of anti-Chinese violence across the U.S. West. In 1885 and 1886, white vigilantes in over 150 communities used intimidation, harassment, bombs, arson, assault, and murder to drive out their Chinese neighbors. This...
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Central - Kids Fiction
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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.
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Central - Adult Nonfiction
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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.
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Aurora Hills - Adult Fiction
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Cherrydale - Adult 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...
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Central - Kids Fiction
JF LEE
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JF LEE
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JF LEE
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JF LEE
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Central - Kids Fiction
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JF LEE
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JF LEE
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JF LEE
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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.
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Central - Adult Nonfiction
973.0495 LEE
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973.0495 LEE
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Glencarlyn - Adult Nonfiction
973.0495 LEE
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Central - Adult Nonfiction
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973.0495 LEE
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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...
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Shirlington - Adult Nonfiction
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Central - Kids Picture Books
JP JAMES
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JP JAMES
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Columbia Pike - Kids Picture Books
JP JAMES
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JP JAMES
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Central - Kids Picture Books
JP JAMES
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JP JAMES
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JP JAMES
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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.
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Central - Adult Nonfiction
973.0495 TAKAK
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973.0495 TAKAK
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Shirlington - Adult Nonfiction
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973.0495 TAKAK
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Central - Adult Nonfiction
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973.0495 TAKAK
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973.0495 TAKAK
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973.0495 TAKAK
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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...