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The dream of America : immigration 1870-1920 / by Kevin Hillstrom.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hillstrom, Kevin, 1963-
- Series:
- Defining moments
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States--Emigration and immigration--History.
- United States.
- Emigration and immigration.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 209 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Detroit : Omnigraphics, [2009]
- Summary:
- "Provides a detailed account of U.S. immigration from 1870 to 1920. Explores the forces that drove emigrants to the U.S.; shows what they experienced when they arrived; and reviews the history of U.S. immigration through the present. Includes a narrative overview, biographies, primary sources, chronology, glossary, bibliography, and index"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Immigration before the Civil War
- A new wave of immigrants
- The voyage to America
- Ellis Island
- The melting pot
- Shutting the golden door
- Immigration from the 1920s to the present.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-202) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780780810709
- 0780810708
- OCLC:
- 236342710
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