03295nam 2200637 a 450 991045751790332120200520144314.01-62895-144-31-60917-202-7(CKB)2550000000065568(EBL)1672280(SSID)ssj0000552141(PQKBManifestationID)11366145(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000552141(PQKBWorkID)10563778(PQKB)10040144(MiAaPQ)EBC3338115(OCoLC)774285356(MdBmJHUP)muse9402(Au-PeEL)EBL3338115(CaPaEBR)ebr10514502(EXLCZ)99255000000006556820100126d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe sweetness of freedom[electronic resource] stories of immigrants /Stephen Garr Ostrander & Martha Aladjem BloomfieldEast Lansing, Mich. Michigan State University Pressc20101 online resource (413 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-87013-977-0 Includes bibliographical references.Contents; Acknowledgments; Foreword; Introduction; I Have a Beautiful Country to Work From; Where the Streets Were Paved with Gold; America Was the Best Country to Live In; We Wanted to Be American; Immigration Didn't Solve All Our Problems; We Weren't Always Welcome in America; Anything That I've Set My Mind to, I Usually Accomplish; No Mexicans Allowed!; The Trip Became a GreatAdventure; The Promiseof a Better Future; We Didn't Know How Our Future Would Be; We Have to Make the Best of the Situation; From Korea with Love; Call Your Brother in MichiganWe Belong to America Just as Much as America Belongs to UsI Never Believed I Would Stay in America; I Can Almost Taste the Sweetness of Freedom; Be Like the Bees-Make Plenty of Hives and Honey; Afterword The Sweetness of Freedom presents an eclectic grouping of late nineteenth- and twentieth-century immigrants' narratives and the personal artifacts, historical documents, and photographs these travelers brought on their journeys to Michigan. Most of the oral histories in this volume are based on interviews conducted with the immigrants themselves. Some of the immigrants presented here hoped to gain better education and jobs. Others - refugees - fled their homelands because of war, poverty, repression, religious persecution, or ethnic discrimination. All dreamt of freImmigrantsMichiganHistory19th centuryImmigrantsMichiganHistory20th centuryOral historyMichiganMichiganHistory19th centuryMichiganHistory20th centuryElectronic books.ImmigrantsHistoryImmigrantsHistoryOral history977.4/03Ostrander Stephen Garr1042119Bloomfield Martha Aladjem898437MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910457517903321The sweetness of freedom2466101UNINA00714oam 2200253z- 450 991015743230332120161015082424.00-8294-4261-8(CKB)3710000001000706(EXLCZ)99371000000100070620190224c2015uuuu -u- -engSaint Peter flawed, forgiven, and faithful : walking with Peter from Galilee to Rome /Stephen J. BinzLoyola Press0-8294-4260-X ApostlesBiographyApostles225.9/2BBinz Stephen J.1955-1245367BOOK9910157432303321Saint Peter2891024UNINA