{"product_id":"island-poetry-and-history-of-chinese-immigrants-on-angel-island-19101940-9780295971094","title":"Island: Poetry and History of Chinese Immigrants on Angel Island, 1910-1940","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIsland: Poetry and History of Chinese Immigrants on Angel Island, 1910-1940\u003c\/strong\u003e by Lai, Him. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780295971094.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIsland records some of the earliest literary expressions of the Chinese in America: 135 poems written and carved into the barrack walls on Angel Island in San Francisco Bay, where the immigrants were held for weeks and months while undergoing government scrutiny. The period was 1910 to 1940, when Angel Island was known as the Ellis Island of the West.\n\nThe poems have been collected, translated, annotated, and organized into a beautifully designed two-color book that also contains photographs from the period and oral history interviews from people who lived through the frustrating and humiliating experience. The poems are presented in their original Cantonese side by side with English translations.\n\nThis book is at once an important historical document and a significant work of literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"University of Washington Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44953107955765,"sku":"ByrdShop_0295971096","price":27.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780295971094_df75c5c0-dc9e-473c-906f-b733122d13b1.jpg?v=1778823872","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/island-poetry-and-history-of-chinese-immigrants-on-angel-island-19101940-9780295971094","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}