BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//PYVOBJECT//NONSGML Version 1//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:events.uid.2552@www.discovernikkei.org DTSTART:20100807T000000Z DTEND:20100807T000000Z DESCRIPTION:<span style="font-size: 10pt\;">NJAHS is pleased to mark the ce ntennial of the Angel Island Immigration Station opening with a co-sponsor ship of the book launch for <em>ANGEL ISLAND: Immigrant Gateway to America </em> (Oxford University Press). The authors\, Erika Lee and Judy Yung\, w ill present a book talk and slide show followed by a reception and signing . Free admission!\n\nIn this landmark book\, historians Erika Lee and Judy Yung provide the first comprehensive history of the Angel Island Immigrat ion Station. Drawing on extensive new research\, including immigration rec ords\, oral histories\, and newly-discovered inscriptions on the barrack w alls\, the authors produce a sweeping yet intensely personal history of Ch inese "paper sons\," Japanese picture brides\, Korean students\, South Asi an political activists\, Russian and Jewish refugees\, Mexican families\, Filipino repatriates\, and many others from around the world.\n\n<em>ANGEL ISLAND</em> is the official publication commemorating the immigration sta tion's 100th anniversary. A portion of the book sales will benefit the Ang el Island Immigration Station Foundation.\n\nPlease visit <a href="http:// r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103548603320&amp\;s=585&amp\;e=001I-W45oVkqp1z0H5Bc _6h5ja03D3zaWbo9DClye8EB7MK6PGvFRRuRF-qp6s2noORft6P8wWg76CSyX8KsY0gVFe3W81 -gxzjRHCA5V2nZKI=" target="_blank">www.aiisf.org</a> for more info. DTSTAMP:20240416T234405Z SUMMARY:Book launch Party for Angel Island: Immigrant Gateway to America wi th authors Erika Lee and Judy Yung URL:/en/events/2010/08/07/book-launch-party-for-angel-island-immigrant-gate / END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR