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Additional Reading

If you are interested in learning more about the content covered in this summer program, please explore the following titles, which represent readings and viewings that either occurred prior to our trip or were recommended to us during the experience itself. 

Some of the resources below are documentaries, some are academic texts, and some are creative writing that demonstrate the cultural milieu with which early Chinese immigrants had to contend.

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Angel Island

by Branwell Fanning and William Wong

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Ah Sin

by Brett Harte and Mark Twain. 

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Angel Island: Immigrant Gateway to America

by Erika Lee and Judy Yung

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Island

by Him Mark Lai, Genny Lim, and Judy Yung.

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The Chinese Must Go

by Beth Lew-Williams

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The China Mirage

by James Bradley

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Bitter Melon

by Jeff Gillenkirk and James Motlow

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Journey to Gold Mountain

by Ronald Takaki

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Locke and the Sacramento Delta Chinatowns

by Lawrence Tom, Brian Tom, and the Chinese American Museum of Northern California

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Wild Geese Sorrow

by Jeffrey Thomas Leong

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Plague at the Golden Gate

by PBS

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Asian Americans

by PBS

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Oakland's Chinatown

by William Wong

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Dreaming of Glistening Pomelos

by Flo Oy Wong

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Good Fortune: My Journey to Gold Mountain

by Li Keng Wong

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Chinese American : Exclusion/Inclusion

by Chinese American Historical Society

Roots on Angel Island

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