Guarding The Golden Gate

Author : J. Gordon Frierson, MD
Publisher : University of Nevada Press
ISBN 13 : 1647790476
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Guarding the Golden Gate written by J. Gordon Frierson, MD and published by University of Nevada Press. This book was released on 2022-05-24 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a major seaport, San Francisco had for decades struggled to control infectious diseases carried by passengers on ships entering the port. In 1882, a steamer from Hong Kong arrived carrying over 800 Chinese passengers, including one who had smallpox. The steamer was held in quarantine for weeks, during which time more passengers on board the ship contracted the disease. This episode convinced port authorities that better means of quarantining infected ship arrivals were necessary. Guarding the Golden Gate covers not only the creation and operation of the station, which is integral to San Francisco’s history, but also discusses the challenges of life on Angel Island—a small, exposed, and nearly waterless landmass on the north side of the Bay. The book reveals the steps taken to prevent the spread of diseases not only into the United States but also into other ports visited by ships leaving San Francisco; the political struggles over the establishment of a national quarantine station; and the day-to-day life of the immigrants and staff inhabiting the island. With the advancement of the understanding of infectious diseases and the development of treatments, the quarantine station’s activities declined in the 1930s, and the facility ultimately shuttered its doors in 1949. While Angel Island is now a California state park, it remains as a testament to an influential period in the nation’s history that offers rich insights into efforts to maintain the public’s safety during health crises.

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Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Presidio of San Francisco, 1776-1994 written by and published by . This book was released on 1994* with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : John Gordon Frierson
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ISBN 13 : 9781647790462
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Guarding the Golden Gate written by John Gordon Frierson and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Amidst the evolving scientific knowledge of epidemic diseases during the mid-to-late 19th century, Guarding the Golden Gate narrates the development of the Quarantine Station on Angel Island in the San Francisco Bay and illuminates the everyday activities of the station's personnel as they met both political and public health challenges.

Author : Harvey Schwartz
Publisher : University of Washington Press
ISBN 13 : 0295806206
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Building the Golden Gate Bridge written by Harvey Schwartz and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2015-09-01 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Silver Award Winner, 2016 Nautilus Book Award in Young Adult (YA) Non-Fiction Moving beyond the familiar accounts of politics and the achievements of celebrity engineers and designers, Building the Golden Gate Bridge is the first book to primarily feature the voices of the workers themselves. This is the story of survivors who vividly recall the hardships, hazards, and victories of constructing the landmark span during the Great Depression. Labor historian Harvey Schwartz has compiled oral histories of nine workers who helped build the celebrated bridge. Their powerful recollections chronicle the technical details of construction, the grueling physical conditions they endured, the small pleasures they enjoyed, and the gruesome accidents some workers suffered. The result is an evocation of working-class life and culture in a bygone era. Most of the bridge builders were men of European descent, many of them the sons of immigrants. Schwartz also interviewed women: two nurses who cared for the injured and tolerated their antics, the wife of one 1930s builder, and an African American ironworker who toiled on the bridge in later years. These powerful stories are accompanied by stunning photographs of the bridge under construction. An homage to both the American worker and the quintessential San Francisco landmark, Building the Golden Gate Bridge expands our understanding of Depression-era labor and California history and makes a unique contribution to the literature of this iconic span.

Author : Roger Daniels
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
ISBN 13 : 1466806850
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Guarding the Golden Door written by Roger Daniels and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2005-01-12 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As renowned historian Roger Daniels shows in this brilliant new work, America's inconsistent, often illogical, and always cumbersome immigration policy has profoundly affected our recent past. The federal government's efforts to pick and choose among the multitude of immigrants seeking to enter the United States began with the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882. Conceived in ignorance and falsely presented to the public, it had undreamt of consequences, and this pattern has been rarely deviated from since. Immigration policy in Daniels' skilled hands shows Americans at their best and worst, from the nativist violence that forced Theodore Roosevelt's 1907 "gentlemen's agreement" with Japan to the generous refugee policies adopted after World War Two and throughout the Cold War. And in a conclusion drawn from today's headlines, Daniels makes clear how far ignorance, partisan politics, and unintended consequences have overtaken immigration policy during the current administration's War on Terror. Irreverent, deeply informed, and authoritative, Guarding the Golden Door presents an unforgettable interpretation of modern American history.

Author : Carl J. Bon Tempo
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691123322
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Americans at the Gate written by Carl J. Bon Tempo and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2008-10-05 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unlike the 1930s, when the United States tragically failed to open its doors to Europeans fleeing Nazism, the country admitted over three million refugees during the Cold War. This dramatic reversal gave rise to intense political and cultural battles, pitting refugee advocates against determined opponents who at times successfully slowed admissions. The first comprehensive historical exploration of American refugee affairs from the midcentury to the present, Americans at the Gate explores the reasons behind the remarkable changes to American refugee policy, laws, and programs. Carl Bon Tempo looks at the Hungarian, Cuban, and Indochinese refugee crises, and he examines major pieces of legislation, including the Refugee Relief Act and the 1980 Refugee Act. He argues that the American commitment to refugees in the post-1945 era occurred not just because of foreign policy imperatives during the Cold War, but also because of particular domestic developments within the United States such as the Red Scare, the Civil Rights Movement, the rise of the Right, and partisan electoral politics. Using a wide variety of sources and documents, Americans at the Gate considers policy and law developments in connection with the organization and administration of refugee programs.

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Total Pages : 129 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Golden Gate written by and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Bret Harte
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Ward of the Golden Gate written by Bret Harte and published by . This book was released on 1890 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Jeffrey Zuehlke
Publisher : Lerner Digital ™
ISBN 13 : 1512465283
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Golden Gate Bridge written by Jeffrey Zuehlke and published by Lerner Digital ™. This book was released on 2017-08-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience! The Golden Gate Bridge is an important structure in San Francisco, California. Before this bridge was built, people had to take a ferry across the dangerous stretch of water to get to Marin County. Now they simply drive across. Just how long is the Golden Gate Bridge? And how did workers build this orange structure? Read this book to find out! Learn about many remarkable sites in the Famous Places series - part of the Lightning Bolt BooksTM collection. With high-energy designs, exciting photos, and fun text, Lightning Bolt BooksTM bring nonfiction topics to life.

Author : David Kieran
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
ISBN 13 : 0813584337
Total Pages : 411 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book At War written by David Kieran and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2018-04-05 with total page 411 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The country’s wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, its interventions around the world, and its global military presence make war, the military, and militarism defining features of contemporary American life. The armed services and the wars they fight shape all aspects of life—from the formation of racial and gendered identities to debates over environmental and immigration policy. Warfare and the military are ubiquitous in popular culture. At War offers short, accessible essays addressing the central issues in the new military history—ranging from diplomacy and the history of imperialism to the environmental issues that war raises and the ways that war shapes and is shaped by discourses of identity, to questions of who serves in the U.S. military and why and how U.S. wars have been represented in the media and in popular culture.