Ellis Island Nation
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Ellis Island Nation
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Author : Robert L. Fleegler
language : en
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Release Date : 2013-05-28
Ellis Island Nation written by Robert L. Fleegler and has been published by University of Pennsylvania Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-05-28 with History categories.
Though debates over immigration have waxed and waned in the course of American history, the importance of immigrants to the nation's identity is imparted in civics classes, political discourse, and television and film. We are told that the United States is a "nation of immigrants," built by people who came from many lands to make an even better nation. But this belief was relatively new in the twentieth century, a period that saw the establishment of immigrant quotas that endured until the Immigrant and Nationality Act of 1965. What changed over the course of the century, according to historian Robert L. Fleegler, is the rise of "contributionism," the belief that the newcomers from eastern and southern Europe contributed important cultural and economic benefits to American society. Early twentieth-century immigrants from southern and eastern Europe often found themselves criticized for language and customs at odds with their new culture, but initially found greater acceptance through an emphasis on their similarities to "native stock" Americans. Drawing on sources as diverse as World War II films, records of Senate subcommittee hearings, and anti-Communist propaganda, Ellis Island Nation describes how contributionism eventually shifted the focus of the immigration debate from assimilation to a Cold War celebration of ethnic diversity and its benefits—helping to ease the passage of 1960s immigration laws that expanded the pool of legal immigrants and setting the stage for the identity politics of the 1970s and 1980s. Ellis Island Nation provides a historical perspective on recent discussions of multiculturalism and the exclusion of groups that have arrived since the liberalization of immigrant laws.
Ellis Island
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Author : Norman Kotker
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1989
Ellis Island written by Norman Kotker and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with Photography categories.
"A celebration of photography as well as a document of the place, "Ellis Island" contains images by such well-known photographers as Jerry Uelsmann and Emmet Gowin. Filled with dozens of family portraits and both historic and contemporary documentary photos, the book resists the temptation for superficial flag-waving, instead providing a thoughtful and loving portrait of this sacred landmark in the American soul." -- "Los Angeles Times" Originally published to commemorate the reopening of Ellis Island to the public in 1990 after massive restoration, "Ellis Island" eloquently portrays the rich, multi-ethnic history of one of America's most significant immigration points.
Ellis Island
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Author : Susan Jonas
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1989
Ellis Island written by Susan Jonas and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with Ellis Island Immigration Station (N.Y. and N.J.) categories.
What Was Ellis Island
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Author : Patricia Brennan Demuth
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2014-03-13
What Was Ellis Island written by Patricia Brennan Demuth and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-03-13 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
From 1892 to 1954, Ellis Island was the gateway to a new life in the United States for millions of immigrants. In later years, the island was deserted, the buildings decaying. Ellis Island was not restored until the 1980s, when Americans from all over the country donated more than $150 million. It opened to the public once again in 1990 as a museum. Learn more about America's history, and perhaps even your own, through the story of one of the most popular landmarks in the country.
Ellis Island Statue Of Liberty National Monument New York New Jersey
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Author : Harlan D. Unrau
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1984
Ellis Island Statue Of Liberty National Monument New York New Jersey written by Harlan D. Unrau and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984 with Statue of Liberty National Monument (N.Y. and N.J.) categories.
Ellis Island
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1997*
Ellis Island written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997* with Ellis Island (N.J. and N.Y.) categories.
Ellis Island
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Author : Joanne Mattern
language : en
Publisher: Red Chair Press
Release Date : 2017-08-01
Ellis Island written by Joanne Mattern and has been published by Red Chair Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-08-01 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
For millions of people, leaving home and coming to America meant giving up family and all things familiar. For more than sixty years, one site was the first place in America all new immigrants saw. Find out why Ellis Island holds such an important place in America's history.
Ellis Island
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Author : Karen Latchana Kenney
language : en
Publisher: ABDO Publishing Company
Release Date : 2011-01-01
Ellis Island written by Karen Latchana Kenney and has been published by ABDO Publishing Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-01-01 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Children are taught to respect the symbols of America from their first day of school. Ellis Island provides teachers an easy-to-read picture book explaining the creation, history, and meaning of the historic site that represents our nation's diverse people. Looking Glass Library is an imprint of Magic Wagon, a division of ABDO Publishing Group. Grades P-4.
Ellis Island
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Author : Barry Moreno
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Library Editions
Release Date : 2003-09
Ellis Island written by Barry Moreno and has been published by Arcadia Library Editions this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-09 with History categories.
The United States is considered the world's foremost refuge for foreigners, and no place in the nation symbolizes this better than Ellis Island. Through Ellis Island's halls and corridors more than twelve million immigrants-of nearly every nationality and race-entered the country on their way to new experiences in North America. With an astonishing array of nineteenth- and twentieth-century photographs, Ellis Island leads the reader through the fascinating history of this small island in New York harbor from its pre-immigration days as one of the harbor's oyster islands to its spectacular years as the flagship station of the U.S. Bureau of Immigration to its current incarnation as the National Park Service's largest museum.
American Passage
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Author : Vincent J. Cannato
language : en
Publisher: Harper Collins
Release Date : 2009-06-03
American Passage written by Vincent J. Cannato and has been published by Harper Collins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-06-03 with History categories.
"By bringing us the inspiring and sometimes unsettling tales of Ellis Island, Vincent Cannato’s American Passage helps us understand who we are as a nation.” — Walter Isaacson The remarkable saga of America’s landmark port of entry, from immigration post to deportation center to mythical icon. For most of New York's early history, Ellis Island had been an obscure little island that barely held itself above high tide. Today the small island stands alongside Plymouth Rock in our nation's founding mythology as the place where many of our ancestors first touched American soil. American Passage captures a time and a place unparalleled in American immigration and history, and articulates the dramatic and bittersweet accounts of the immigrants, officials, interpreters, and social reformers who all played an important role in Ellis Island's chronicle. In this sweeping, often heart-wrenching epic, Vincent J. Cannato reveals that the history of Ellis Island is ultimately the story of what it means to be an American.