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In sight of America : photography and the development of U.S. immigration policy
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In sight of America : photography and the development of U.S. immigration policy / Anna Pegler-Gordon.
ISBN
9780520252974 (cloth : alk. paper)
0520252977 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780520252981 (paper : alk. paper)
0520252985 (paper : alk. paper)
Published
Berkeley : University of California Press, c2009.
Physical Description
xx, 319 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
November 20, 2009
Series
American crossroads ; 28.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
First impressions : Chinese exclusion and the introduction of immigration identification, 1875-1909
Photographic paper sons : resisting immigration identity documentation, 1893-1943
Ellis Island as an observation station : spectacle and inspection, 1892-1924
Ellis Island as a photo studio : the horrific ethnographic image, 1904-26
The imaginary line : passing and passports on the Mexican-U.S. border, 1906-17
The dividing line : documentation on the Mexican-U.S. border, 1917-34.
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