Daily Life in Immigrant America, 1870–1920

How the Second Great Wave of Immigrants Made Their Way in America

Häftad, Engelska, 2009

AvJune Granatir Alexander

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The second "wave" of U.S. immigration, from 1870 to 1920, brought more than 26 million men, women, and children onto American shores. June Granatir 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. Alexander offers an engrossing picture of the immigrants' daily lives, including the settlement patterns of individuals and families, the demographics and characteristics of each of the ethnic groups, and the pressures to "Americanize" that often made the adjustment to life in a new country so difficult. The approach, similar to David Kyvig's highly successful Daily Life in the United States, 1920–1940 (published by Ivan R. Dee in 2004), presents history with an appealing immediacy, on a level that everyone can understand.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2009-07-16
Mått143 x 217 x 26 mm
Vikt454 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor352
FörlagIvan R Dee, Inc
ISBN9781566638302

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Introduction: Getting a Perspective on Immigrant Daily LifeChapter 1: Immigration 1870 to 1920: A Historical OverviewChapter 2: Life on the Land: Immigrants in the American WestChapter 3: Life on the Job: Immigrants in the Industrial WorkplaceChapter 4: Life in Urban America: Migrants and Immigrant FamiliesChapter 5: Life in Ethnic Communities: Immigrant Institutions and BusinessesChapter 6: Life in a Hostile World: Immigrants in World War I AmericaGlossaryFurther Reading

Daily Life in Immigrant America, 1870–1920 is an ideal introduction to immigrant life during the crucial time when the United States changed from a predominantly rural nation to one with an urban majority which worked largely in industrial and commercial pursuits. Ms. Alexander tells her story by focusing on the lives of a wide variety of individuals, mostly from Europe but including some from Asia and the Western Hemisphere. Individual chapters provide a general overview of the period, a look at immigrant farmers in the west, the experience of factory workers, family life, ethnic communities, and the particular difficulties of many immigrants in wartime America. The author writes well and provides a number of student-friendly features: meaningful illustrations, a useful chronology, a glossary, and a structured reading list, divided general histories, personal documents, biographies and novels, works on immigrant groups, and a guide to relevant websites and media.