Daily life in immigrant America, 1870-1920
A compelling exploration of the daily lives of immigrants during the second "wave"--1870 to 1920.
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Format: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Westport, CT :
Greenwood Press,
2007.
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Series: | Greenwood Press "Daily life through history" series. Daily life in the United States
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Online Access: | Table of contents Table of contents |
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Table of 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.