From Ellis Island to JFK [[electronic resource] ] : New York's two great waves of immigration / / Nancy Foner

• Autore: Foner Nancy <1945->
• Pubblicazione: New Haven, : Yale University Press; New York, : Russell Sage Foundation, c2000
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (x, 334 pages)
• Disciplina: 974.7/1/008691
• Soggetto topico: Immigrants - New York (State) - New York - History
• Soggetto geografico: New York (N.Y.) Emigration and immigration History
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-322) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: "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."
• Titolo autorizzato: From Ellis Island to JFK
• ISBN: 1-281-73531-0; 9786611735319; 0-300-13788-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910451942703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II