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The dream of America : immigration, 1870-1920
Author
Title
The dream of America : immigration, 1870-1920 / Kevin Hillstrom.
ISBN
9780780810709 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0780810708 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Published
Detroit, MI : Omnigraphics, c2009.
Physical Description
xii, 209 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Notes
To help ensure preservation of print and digital collections, this title is retained by Yale University Library on behalf of the HathiTrust Shared Print Program.
Summary
"Provides a detailed account of U.S. immigration from 1870 to 1920. Explores the forces that drove emigrants to the U.S.; shows what they experienced when they arrived; and reviews the history of U.S. immigration through the present. Includes a narrative overview, biographies, primary sources, chronology, glossary, bibliography, and index"--Provided by publisher.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 11, 2009
Series
Defining moments
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-202) and index.
Contents
Immigration to America before the Civil War
The great wave
The voyage to America
Ellis Island
The melting pot
Shutting the golden door
Immigration from the 1920s to the present.
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