Daily life in immigrant America, 1870-1920 : how the second great wave of immigrants made their way in America / June Granatir Alexander.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Chicago : Ivan R. Dee, Edition: Rev. edDescription: xv, 332 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781566638302
  • 1566638305
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 305.9/06912097309034 22
LOC classification:
  • JV6453 .A55 2009
Online resources:
Contents:
Chronology -- Introduction: Getting a perspective on immigrant daily life -- Immigration 1870 to 1920 : a historical overview -- Life on the land : immigrants in the American West -- Life on the job : immigrants in the industrial workplace -- Life in urban America : migrants and immigrant families -- Life in ethnic communities : immigrant institutions and businesses -- Life in a hostile world : immigrants in World War I America -- Glossary.
Summary: The second wave of U.S. immigration, from 1870 to 1920, brought more than 26 million men, women, and children onto American shores. June Alexander's history of the period underscores the diversity of peoples who came to the United States in these years and emphasizes the important shifts in their geographic origins-from northern and western Europe to southern and eastern Europe-that led to the distinction between old and new immigrants.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chronology -- Introduction: Getting a perspective on immigrant daily life -- Immigration 1870 to 1920 : a historical overview -- Life on the land : immigrants in the American West -- Life on the job : immigrants in the industrial workplace -- Life in urban America : migrants and immigrant families -- Life in ethnic communities : immigrant institutions and businesses -- Life in a hostile world : immigrants in World War I America -- Glossary.

The second wave of U.S. immigration, from 1870 to 1920, brought more than 26 million men, women, and children onto American shores. June Alexander's history of the period underscores the diversity of peoples who came to the United States in these years and emphasizes the important shifts in their geographic origins-from northern and western Europe to southern and eastern Europe-that led to the distinction between old and new immigrants.

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