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Author:

Pegler-Gordon, Anna, 1968-

Title:

In sight of America : photography and the development of U.S. immigration policy / Anna Pegler-Gordon.

Publisher:

University of California Press,

Copyright Date:

c2009

Description:

xx, 319 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

United States--History--Government policy--History--19th century.
United States--History--Government policy--History--20th century.
Portrait photography--History.--United States--History.
Identification photographs--United States--History.
Immigrants--United States--History.--History.
Immigrants--History.--United States--History.
Ethnicity--History.--United States--History.
Ellis Island Immigration Station (N.Y. and N.J.)--History.
Angel Island Immigration Station (Calif.)--History.
Mexican-American Border Region--History.--History.
USA / Regierung.
Photographie.
Einwanderungspolitik.
Einwanderung.
USA.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-306) 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.

Series:

American crossroads ; 28

ISBN:

0520252985 (paper : alk. paper)
9780520252981 (paper : alk. paper)
0520252977 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780520252974 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)275152033

LCCN:

2008049350

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

PRAX771 -- Cowles Library (Des Moines)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)