Encountering Ellis Island
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Encountering Ellis Island
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Author : Ronald H. Bayor
language : en
Publisher: JHU Press
Release Date : 2014-05-15
Encountering Ellis Island written by Ronald H. Bayor and has been published by JHU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-05-15 with History categories.
A look at the process of entering America a hundred years ago—from both an institutional and a human perspective. Outstanding Academic Title, Choice America is famously known as a nation of immigrants. Millions of Europeans journeyed to the United States in the peak years of 1892–1924, and Ellis Island, New York, is where the great majority landed. Ellis Island opened in 1892 with the goal of placing immigration under the control of the federal government and systematizing the entry process. Encountering Ellis Island introduces readers to the ways in which the principal nineteenth- and early twentieth-century American portal for Europeans worked in practice, with some comparison to Angel Island, the main entry point for Asian immigrants. What happened along the journey? How did the processing of so many people work? What were the reactions of the newly arrived to the process (and threats) of inspection, delays, hospitalization, detention, and deportation? How did immigration officials attempt to protect the country from diseased or “unfit” newcomers, and how did these definitions take shape and change? What happened to people who failed screening? And how, at the journey's end, did immigrants respond to admission to their new homeland? Ronald H. Bayor, a senior scholar in immigrant and urban studies, gives voice to both immigrants and Island workers to offer perspectives on the human experience and institutional imperatives associated with the arrival experience. Drawing on firsthand accounts from, and interviews with, immigrants, doctors, inspectors, aid workers, and interpreters, Bayor paints a vivid and sometimes troubling portrait of the immigration process. In reality, Ellis Island had many liabilities as well as assets. Corruption was rife. Immigrants with medical issues occasionally faced a hostile staff. Some families, on the other hand, reunited in great joy and found relief at their journey's end. Encountering Ellis Island lays bare the profound and sometimes-victorious story of people chasing the American Dream: leaving everything behind, facing a new language and a new culture, and starting a new American life.
Ellis Island
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Author : Hilarie Staton
language : en
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
Release Date : 2009
Ellis Island written by Hilarie Staton and has been published by Infobase Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with New York (N.Y.) categories.
As the main entry facility for immigrants coming to the United States for more than half a century, Ellis Island was the last stop before a move to freedom in America. About 12 million people from Europe and elsewhere entered teh United States through this portal. The fascinating Ellis Island uses immigrants' own words, photographs, and full-color illustrations to explore the significance to those who wished to pursue the American Dream.
Arriving At Ellis Island
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Author : Dale Anderson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2002
Arriving At Ellis Island written by Dale Anderson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
- Time line- Focus boxes- Maps- Primary source documents- Glossary, Index
Ellis Island
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Author : Hal Marcovitz
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2014-11-17
Ellis Island written by Hal Marcovitz and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-11-17 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Between 1892 and 1954, more than 12 million immigrants entered the United States through the Ellis Island processing station in New York harbor. To these immigrants, Ellis Island was a symbol of the American dream—once they passed through its gates, they could start a new life with opportunities that were not available to them in their countries of origin. Today, roughly one-third of our country's population is descended from those who were processed at Ellis Island, and the facility is now a museum dedicated to American immigration.
A Primary Source Investigation Of Ellis Island
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Author : Caitlin Merrick
language : en
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Release Date : 2015-07-15
A Primary Source Investigation Of Ellis Island written by Caitlin Merrick and has been published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-07-15 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
This fascinating look into American history uncovers how some of our ancestors came to the United States, seeking freedom and fortune, and often risking everything to make a home in America. This resource tells the story of the immigrant history of the United States, using documents and photographs from the heyday of one of the most important immigration ports. The history of Ellis Island is revealed to be one of grit, misfortune, and luck that is both true of the island and of the people it welcomed to America?s shores.
Ellis Island
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Author : Ivan Chermayeff
language : en
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers
Release Date : 1991
Ellis Island written by Ivan Chermayeff and has been published by Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with History categories.
Explores the immigrant's experiences and their pilgrimage of hope.
Ellis Island
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Author : Tamara L. Britton
language : en
Publisher: ABDO
Release Date : 2010-09-01
Ellis Island written by Tamara L. Britton and has been published by ABDO this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-09-01 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Explores the history of Ellis Island, which housed the United States' most important immigration processing center from 1892 through 1943, serving seventeen million immigrants.
Ellis Island
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Author : R. Conrad Stein
language : en
Publisher: Children's Press(CT)
Release Date : 1992
Ellis Island written by R. Conrad Stein and has been published by Children's Press(CT) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Ellis Island Immigration Station (New York, N.Y.) categories.
Dramatic and defining moments in American history come vividly the life in the Cornerstones of Freedom series.
Ellis Island
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Author : Terry Allan Hicks
language : en
Publisher: Marshall Cavendish
Release Date : 2007
Ellis Island written by Terry Allan Hicks and has been published by Marshall Cavendish this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
"An exploration of the island that served as a gateway to thousands of immigrants and that has since become an important American symbol"--Provided by publisher.
An Ellis Island Time Capsule
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Author : Rachael Hanel
language : en
Publisher: Capstone Press
Release Date : 2020-08
An Ellis Island Time Capsule written by Rachael Hanel and has been published by Capstone Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-08 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
"The artifacts of Ellis Island tell the story of millions of immigrants who passed through its halls on their journey to a new life in the United States. A 1900 photograph of the Statue of Liberty, an antique stethoscope, and a jigsaw puzzle are some of the primary sources that can help students better understand the experience of journeying through Ellis Island in the early 1900s. Explore these and more in this Time Capsule History book!"--Provided by publisher.