American passage : the history of Ellis Island / Vincent J. Cannato.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cannato, Vincent J., 1967-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ellis Island Immigration Station (N.Y. and N.J.)--History.

Ellis Island Immigration Station (N.Y. and N.J.).

National Book Committee.

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

Immigrants.

Immigrants--United States--History.

Emigration and immigration.

History.

United States.

Ellis Island (N.J. and N.Y.)--History.

Ellis Island (N.J. and N.Y.).

United States--Emigration and immigration--History.

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

New York (N.Y.).

New York (State)--New York.

Physical Description:

viii, 487 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Harper, [2009]

Contents:

Part I Before the Deluge

Chapter 1 Island 19

Chapter 2 Castle Garden 30

Part II The Sifting Begins

Chapter 3 A Proper Sieve 57

Chapter 4 Peril at the Portals 70

Chapter 5 Brahmins 95

Chapter 6 Feud 107

Part III Reform and Regulation

Chapter 7 Cleaning House 127

Chapter 8 Fighting Back 149

Chapter 9 The Roosevelt Straddle 165

Chapter 10 Likely to Become a Public Charge 191

Chapter 11 "Czar Williams" 216

Chapter 12 Intelligence 238

Chapter 13 Moral Turpitude 260

Part IV Disillusion and Restriction

Chapter 14 War 289

Chapter 15 Revolution 311

Chapter 16 Quotas 330

Chapter 17 Prison 350

Part V Memory

Chapter 18 Decline 379

Chapter 19 The New Plymouth Rock 391.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Weiner fund bookplate.

ISBN:

9780060742737

0060742739