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Autore: | Foner Nancy <1945-> |
Titolo: | From Ellis Island to JFK : New York's two great waves of immigration / / Nancy Foner |
Pubblicazione: | New Haven, : Yale University Press |
New York, : Russell Sage Foundation, c2000 | |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
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 |
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.: | 9910823229803321 |
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