From Ellis Island to JFK : New York's two great waves of immigration / Nancy Foner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Foner, Nancy, 1945-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Immigrants--New York (State)--New York--History.

Immigrants.

New York (N.Y.)--Emigration and immigration--History.

New York (N.Y.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 334 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press ; New York : Russell Sage Foundation, c2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"In the history of New York City, few events loom larger than the wave of immigration at the turn of the twentieth century. Today a similar influx is once again transforming the city. More than one in three New Yorkers are now immigrants. From Ellis Island to JFK is the first in-depth study that compares these two huge social changes." "Nancy Foner offers a critical reassessment of the myths that have grown up around the earlier Jewish and Italian immigration - myths that deeply color how today's Asian, Latin American, and Caribbean arrivals are seen. Issue by issue, she reveals the often surprising realities of both immigrations." "Drawing on a wealth of historical and contemporary research, Foner, in a lively and entertaining style, opens a new chapter in the study of immigration - and in the story of the nation's gateway city."

Contents:

Who They Are and Why They Have Come

Where They Live

The Work They Do

Immigrant Women and Work

The Sting of Prejudice

Transnational Ties

Going to School

Looking Backward-and Forward.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-322) and index.

ISBN:

9786611735319

9781281735317

1281735310

9780300137880

0300137885

OCLC:

1013951616