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Destination America Chuck Wills
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Reading Room REF E 184 .A1 W5135 2005
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wills, Charles.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Minorities--United States.
- Minorities.
- Immigrants--United States.
- Immigrants.
- United States--Emigration and immigration.
- United States.
- United States--Ethnic relations.
- Physical Description:
- 300 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 31 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : DK Pub., 2005.
- Summary:
- Whether escaping religious persecution, political oppression, the violence of war, or looking to further their economic standing, immigrants have come to America. This detailed look at why immigrants leave their homelands, how they travel to America, and what they do once they arrive, includes personal accounts, letters, diaries, photographs and other ephemera; features statistics, maps and charts covering over 40 immigrant groups.--From publisher description.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Settling America
- Freedom to worship
- Freedom from want
- Freedom from fear
- Freedom to create
- Gazetteer
- Appendices
- Index
- Credits and Acknowledgements.
- Notes:
- "Accompanies the major television series by David Grubin."
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 293) and index.
- Local Notes:
- The Balch Ethnic Studies Collection.
- ISBN:
- 0756613442 (hardcover)
- 9780756613440 (hardcover)
- OCLC:
- 61361495
- Publisher Number:
- 9780756613440 (hardcover) 53500
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