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Echoes of Freedom: South Asian Pioneers in California, 1899-1965 URL: http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/SSEAL/echoes.html Description: An illustrated history of early Indian immigrants to California (primarily Sikhs from Punjab), featuring photographs, documents, and publications. Explores the passage to America, work, prejudice, the Gadar Party, the Stockton Sikh Temple, students, the exclusion of women, the Thind Decision (1923), the Luce-Cellar Act (1946), Congressman Dalip Singh Saund, and the Immigration and Nationality Act (1965). From the South/Southeast Asia Library, University of California, Berkeley. Author: McMahon, Suzanne Publisher: University of California, Berkeley Extra Keywords East Indians Dublin Core Material Type: Collection, Text, Image Library of Congress Subject Headings: Immigrants -- California South Asian Americans South Asian Americans -- History LII Database Information: Record 2059 created by Tom McGibney on 12/08/2002 Last modification on 08/09/2003 Published: 12/08/2002 California Digital Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/2059 |