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American Passage: The History of Ellis Island. By Vincent J. Cannato. New York: Harper Collins, 2009. Pp. vii, 487. $27.99. - Angel Island: Immigrant Gateway to America. By Erika Lee and Judy Yung. New York: Oxford University Press, 2010. Pp. xxv, 394. $27.95.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 March 2011

ROBERT BARDE
ROBERT BARDE*
Affiliation:
University of California, Berkeley
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The Journal of Economic History , Volume 71 , Issue 1 , March 2011 , pp. 245 - 247
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References

1 Island of Hope, Island of Tears by Brownstone, Frank, and Brownstone (New York: Wade Publishers, 1979), still holds up pretty well in this regard, as does Thomas Pitkin's Keepers of the Gate: A History of Ellis Island (New York: New York University Press, 1975).

2 See my article, “An Alleged Wife,” in Prologue (2004), available at the following website: http://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2004/spring/alleged-wife-1.html.