American immigration : our history, our stories / Kathleen Krull.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Krull, Kathleen, author.

Contributor:

Immigrant and Refugee Experiences in Children's and Young Adult Literature Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Immigrants--United States--History--Juvenile literature.

Immigrants.

Immigrants--Biography.

United States.

History.

Immigrants--Biography--Juvenile literature.

United States--History--Juvenile literature.

United States--Emigration and immigration.

United States--History.

Genre:

Biographies.

History.

Instructional and educational works.

Juvenile works.

Fiction.

Physical Description:

xxviii, 260 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2020]

Summary:

Award-winning author Kathleen Krull takes an in-depth historical look at immigration in America--with remarkable stories of some of the immigrants who helped build this country. With its rich historical text, fascinating sidebars about many immigrants throughout time, an extensive source list and timeline, as well as captivating photos, American Immigration will become a go-to resource for every child, teacher, and librarian discussing the complex history of immigration. America is a nation of immigrants. People have come to the United States from around the world seeking a better life and more opportunities, and our country would not be what it is today without their contributions. From writers like Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, to scientists like Albert Einstein, to innovators like Elon Musk, this book honors the immigrants who have changed the way we think, eat, and live. Their stories serve as powerful reminders of the progress we've made, and the work that is still left to be done.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: What Unites Us

The Golden Door

Immigrant Story / Emma Lazarus

Controversy

Not All of Us Are Immigrants

Why It's Important

ch. 1 Who Was Here First?

New News from Old Bones

Before We Were Even a Country

New England

Immigrant Stories

Children of the Mayflower

ch. 2 Women Take the Lead

Immigrant Story / Anne Bradstreet

Immigrant Story / Anne Hutchinson

Immigrant Story / Margaret Brent

Immigrant Story / Elizabeth Glover

Immigrant Story / Anna Zenger

Immigrant Story / Mary Musgrove

Immigrant Story / Ann Lee

ch. 3 From New England Outward

Middle Colonies

The Frontier

The South

Slaves, Not Immigrants

Immigrant Story / Claude McKay

Servants, Not Slaves

What the Founders Said

ch. 4 Hamilton versus Jefferson

The Law Steps In

Perhaps the Ultimate Immigrant Story-Alexander Hamilton

ch. 5 America Opens Its Arms

Immigrants Welcome!

Brief History of Germans in America

Immigrant Story / Levi Strauss

Immigrant Story / Edward Stratemeyer

Immigrant Story / Frederick Trump

Immigrant Story / Ted Geisel (Dr. Seuss)

Brief History of the Irish in America

Those Who Know Nothing

Immigrant Story / Joseph P. Kennedy Sr.

What the Civil War Meant for Immigration

ch. 6 Annie Moore and the Millions Who Followed

Ellis Island Opens

The Statue of Liberty, Another Immigrant Story

Reasons an Arrival Could Get Rejected

Immigrant Story / Isaac Asimov

Like a Little City -k Where Next?

Immigrant Story / Annie Moore

How the Other Half Lives

Immigrant Story / Nikola Tesla

Blowback

Immigrant Story / Julia Warhola

End of Ellis Island

ch. 7 Poems on the Walls

Gold!

Immigrant Story / Wong Chin Foo

Immigrant Story-Chang and Eng Bunker

A First in American History

The Purpose of Angel Island

Sons of Paper

"America Has Power, But Not Justice"

Apologies

Immigrant Story / Judy Chu

Immigrant Story / Yo-Yo Ma

ch. 8 More Ebbs and Flows Into the 1900s-and Why

Immigrants from South and East India

Muslims in America

Immigrant Story / Zarif Khan

Immigrant Story / Luther George Simjian

Immigrant Story / Steve Jobs

Wars Intervene

Immigrant Story / Peg O'Connor

Emergency Quota Act of 1921

Immigrant Story / Bela Lugosi

Immigrant Story / Ralph Baer

ch. 9 A Dark Chapter

Japanese in America

The Roundups Begin

The Camps

Immigrant Story / Madeleine Sugimoto

Life at Manzanar

Immigrant Story / George Takei

Aftermath

Immigrant Story / Yoshiko Uchida

Other Enemies

ch. 10 Open Arms, Then Closed

Refugees

Immigrant Story / Albert Einstein

Another

Kind of War

Immigrant Story / Sergey Brin

Immigrant

Story / Gloria Estefan

The Push-Pull Continues During the

Cold War Years

Immigrant Story / Nadia Comaneci

Immigrant Story / Martina Navratilova

ch. 11 The Sixties Bring an Epic Change

People Behind the Change

What the Hart-Celler Act Did

Immigrant Story / Jerry Yang

Some Examples of Changes After 1965

Immigrant Story / Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Immigrant Story / Elon Musk

Women Again Take the Lead

More Refugees

A Clustering Phenomenon

ch. 12 The History of Mexicans In America from 1846 Onward

Up and Down

Immigrant Story / Amelia Mordn Ceja

Needing Documents

Immigrant Story / Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa

Immigrant Story / Jose Quifionez

ch. 13 Helping Children

Immigrant Story / Henry Armetta

Operation Babylift

Immigrant Story / Andy Hoang

The Lost Boys

Immigrant Story / Alephonsion Deng

ch. 14 The Food Chapter

Immigrant Story / David Tran

From German to Chinese

Immigrant Story / Henry John Heinz

Immigrant Story / Dr. Yamei Kin

And Much More

Immigrant Story / Ranji Smile

Immigrant Story / Roy Choi

Immigrant Story / Rose Mattus

Can Food Be More than Food?

Immigrant Story / Hamdi Ulukaya

ch. 15 The Attacks of 9/11 and Immigration

American Response to 9/11

Backlash Against Immigrants

The Weaponizing of Immigration

ch. 16 The Never-Ending Immigration Debate

Mini Melting Pots

Immigrant Story / Zahraa Naser

Immigrant Story / Ruhatijuru Sebatutsi

Playing by the Rules

The Push-Pull of the Obama Years

Immigrant Story / Indira Islas

Immigrant Story / John Lennon

Enter Trump

Immigrant Story / Wolf-Leib Glosser

Border Wall

Immigrant Story / Guadalupe Garcia Aguilar

Immigrant Story / Larissa Martinez

The Zero-Tolerance Border Policy

The Facts

Immigrant Story / Juan Manuel Montes

Immigrant Story / Melania Trump

ch. 17 The Future

Changes to Come

Immigration Benefits

Immigrant Story / Mike Krieger

Immigrant Story / Max Lechvin

Changing Attitudes

Immigrant Story / Khizr Khan.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-250) and index.

ISBN:

9780062381132

006238113X

OCLC:

1120133045

Publisher Number:

99987197029