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City of dreams : the 400-year epic history of immigrant New York

With more than three million foreign-born residents today, New York has been America's defining port of entry for nearly four centuries, a magnet for transplants from all over the globe. These migrants have brought their hundreds of languages and distinct cultures to the city, and from there to...

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Main Author: Anbinder, Tyler, (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016.
Subjects and Genres:
Immigrants > New York (State) > New York > History.
New York (N.Y.) > Emigration and immigration > History.
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Table of Contents:
  • Settlement
  • Rebellion
  • Anglicization
  • Americanization
  • Revolution
  • Republic
  • Famine
  • Irish metropolis
  • Kleindeutschland
  • Politics
  • War
  • Uprising
  • Transition
  • Liberty
  • Ellis Island
  • The Lower East Side
  • Little Italys
  • Reform
  • Restriction
  • Refuge
  • Renaissance
  • Today.

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