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Autore |
Foner Nancy <1945-> |
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Titolo |
From Ellis Island to JFK [[electronic resource] ] : New York's two great waves of immigration / / Nancy Foner |
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New Haven, : Yale University Press |
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New York, : Russell Sage Foundation, c2000 |
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ISBN |
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1-281-73531-0 |
9786611735319 |
0-300-13788-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (x, 334 pages) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Immigrants - New York (State) - New York - History |
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New York (N.Y.) Emigration and immigration History |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-322) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Who They Are and Why They Have Come -- Where They Live -- The Work They Do -- Immigrant Women and Work -- The Sting of Prejudice -- Transnational Ties -- Going to School -- Looking Backward-and Forward. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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"In the history of New York City, few events loom larger than the wave of immigration at the turn of the twentieth century. Today a similar influx is once again transforming the city. More than one in three New Yorkers are now immigrants. From Ellis Island to JFK is the first in-depth study that compares these two huge social changes." "Nancy Foner offers a critical reassessment of the myths that have grown up around the earlier Jewish and Italian immigration - myths that deeply color how today's Asian, Latin American, and Caribbean arrivals are seen. Issue by issue, she reveals the often surprising realities of both immigrations." "Drawing on a wealth of historical and contemporary research, Foner, in a lively and entertaining style, opens a new chapter in the study of immigration - and in the story of the nation's gateway city." |
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