03593nam 2200721 a 450 991045684160332120200520144314.00-8135-4866-710.36019/9780813548661(CKB)2520000000007890(EBL)896363(OCoLC)593320890(SSID)ssj0000334596(PQKBManifestationID)11266815(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000334596(PQKBWorkID)10270852(PQKB)10901698(MiAaPQ)EBC896363(MdBmJHUP)muse8016(DE-B1597)530238(DE-B1597)9780813548661(Au-PeEL)EBL896363(CaPaEBR)ebr10367283(CaONFJC)MIL915494(OCoLC)1163878139(EXLCZ)99252000000000789020081008d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAn American in the making[electronic resource] the life story of an immigrant /M.E. Ravage ; edited and with an introduction by Steven G. KellmanNew Brunswick, N.J. Rutgers University Pressc20091 online resource (248 p.)Multi-ethnic literatures of the Americas"First published by Harper & Brothers in 1917 and 1936"--T.p. verso.0-8135-4537-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. xxx-xxxi).Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Chronology -- Introduction -- A Note On The Text -- An American In The Making -- Contents -- Introduction -- PART ONE. The Alien at Home -- PART TWO. The Alien Abroad -- PART THREE. The Education of an American -- PART FOUR. America of the Americans -- PART FIVE. Postscript: Twenty Years Later At the turn of the twentieth century, M. E. Ravage set off in steerage for America, one of almost two million Jews who, like millions of others from eastern and southern Europe, were lured by tales of worldly success. Seventeen years after arriving on Ellis Island, Ravage had mastered a new language, found success in college, and engagingly penned in English this vivid account of the ordeals and pleasures of departure and assimilation. Steven G. Kellman brings Ravage's story to life again in this new edition, providing a brief biography and introduction that place the memoir within historical and literary contexts. An American in the Making contributes to a broader understanding of the global notion of "America" and remains timely, especially in an era when massive immigration, now from Latin America and Asia, challenges ideas of national identity. Multi-ethnic literatures of the Americas.Romanian AmericansBiographyJewsUnited StatesBiographyImmigrantsUnited StatesBiographyRomaniansCultural assimilationUnited StatesCase studiesAcculturationUnited StatesCase studiesElectronic books.Romanian AmericansJewsImmigrantsRomaniansCultural assimilationAcculturation305.89591/073Ravage M. E(Marcus Eli),1884-1965.1027707Kellman Steven G.1947-918130MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910456841603321An American in the making2443316UNINA