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Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"This book explores the way government policy and popular responses to immigrant groups evolved throughout U.S. history, particularly between 1800 and 1965. The book concludes with a summary of events up to contemporary times, as immigration again becomes a hot-button issue."--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Publisher
Mason Crest Publishers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Presents the history of Ellis Island from 1892 when it served as the most important center for immigration into the United States, to its near collapse in the 1970s due to neglect, to its rebirth in 1990 as the Ellis Island Immigration Museum.
Author
Publisher
University of California Press
Pub. Date
[1996]
Language
English
Description
A portrayal of immigration and immigrant lives in the United States, this work, first published in 1990, is now published in a second edition which has been thoroughly expanded and updated to reflect current demographic, economic, and political realities, and the vertiginous pace of historical change in the post-Cold-War era. The authors have written two new chapters, infused the entire text with new data, and added a vivid array of new illustrations....
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Books for Children
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Tells the complete history of the national landmark, highlighting its most notable purpose as an immigration service station that welcomed nearly twelve million people to the United States between 1921 to 1954.
14) Angel Island
Author
Publisher
Rourke Educational Media
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"The West Coast welcomed thousands of immigrants from Asia who carried with them hopes and dreams of a bright future. Many stayed on the island for weeks or months before moving into California. Why did they have to stay so long? What made them want to come to the United States."--Back cover.
15) Mongrels, bastards, orphans, and vagabonds: Mexican immigration and the future of race in America
Author
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
18) I'm an American
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"A beautifully illustrated, thought-provoking picture book depicts the broad range of cultures in America, the values that bring us together as one people despite our differences, and the many ways we define what it means to be an American"--
Author
Publisher
London
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"The history of the United States has been shaped by immigration. Historians Carl J. Bon Tempo and Hasia R. Diner provide a sweeping historical narrative told through the lives and words of the quite ordinary people who did nothing less than make the nation. Drawn from stories spanning the colonial period to the present, Bon Tempo and Diner detail the experiences of people from Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas. They explore the many themes of...
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