In the shadow of the Statue of Liberty : immigrants, workers and citizens in the American Republic, 1880-1920 = A l'ombre de la Statue de la Liberté : immigrants, ouvriers et citoyens dans la République américaine, 1880-1920 / [contributions de Bruno Cartosio ... et al. ; textes réunis et présentés par Marianne Debouzy].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cartosio, Bruno.

Debouzy, Marianne.

Series:

Culture et société (Saint-Denis, France)

Culture et société

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Immigrants--United States--History.

Immigrants.

Working class--United States--History.

Working class.

United States--Emigration and immigration--History.

United States.

Europe--Emigration and immigration--History.

Europe.

Emigration and immigration.

Genre:

Aufsatzsammlung.

Kongress -- Paris -- 1986.

History.

Physical Description:

310 pages ; 22 cm.

Other Title:

Ombre de la Statue de la Liberté

Place of Publication:

Saint-Denis : Presses universitaires de Vincennes, 1988.

Language Note:

Text in English and French.

Summary:

In 1886, two events occurred that illuminated a dichotomy in the immigrant experience in America: the dedication of the Statue of Liberty, symbol of American freedom, and the Haymarket riot, a landmark in the history of repression in the labor movement. This collection, which grew out of a colloquium commemorating both events, is organized around four broad themes: the changing representation of America as a model republic in the eyes of European workers, the actual experiences of immigrants working in America, immigrant radicalism, and the evolution of republicanism form the 1880s to the 1920s. In this first English language edition, Marianned Debouzy presents essays that look at European immigration to America from a transatlantic perspective. The contributors see immigrants not as uprooted but as vital, interactive links between the old and new worlds.

Contents:

Introduction / Marianne Debouzy

I. The Image of the Model Republic and Its Metamorphoses. 1.

German Immigrant Workers' Views of "America" in the 1880s / Dirk Hoerder

- 2. "Free Country": The American Republic Viewed by the Italian Left, 1880-1920 / Rudolph J. Vecoli

- 3. America in the Swedish Labor Press, 1880s to 1920s / Lars-Goran Tedebrand

II. The Immigrant Experience. 1. Ellis Island: Experience at the Gate The experience of South Slav Immigrants on Ellis Island and the Establishment of the Slavonic Immigrant Society in New York / Ivan Cizmic

- 2. Experience in the Factory. "For in America Poles Work Like Cattle": Polish Peasant Immigrants and Work in America, 1880-1921 / Adam Walaszek

- Freedom in the Workplace? Immigrants at the Scovill Manufacturing Company, 1915-1921 / Ferdinando Fasce

III. The Transatlantic Perspective. 1. Immigrant Radicalism: The European Connection. Sicilian Radicals in Two Worlds / Bruno Cartosio

- Hungarian Immigration and Socialism / Julianna Puskas

- Socialism in America: The French-speaking Coal Miners in the Late Nineteenth Century / Ronald Creagh

- 2. The Impact of Haymarket on European Social Movements. The Origins of May Day: The American Connection / Hubert Perrier & Michel Cordillot

IV. A Nation "Intended for a Race of Free Men". 1. Republicanism Interpreted and Reinterpreted

- Republicanism Reinterpreted: American Ironworkers, 1860-1892 / Linda Schneider

- Some Thoughts on class and Citizenship in America in the Late Nineteenth Century / Nick Salvatore

- 2. The New Ideology of Citizenship Unions, Civics, and National Identity: Organized Labor's Reaction to Immigration, 1881-1897 / Catherine Collomp

- An Ambivalent Identity; The Attitude of German socialist Immigrants toward American Political Institutions and American Citizenship / Harmut Keil

- 3. Citizens' Rights Challenged. The Use of Criminal Conspiracy Prosecutions to Restrict Freedom of Speech: The Haymarket Trial / Risa Lieberwitz

- Political Participation of the American Working Class at the End of the Nineteenth Century / Marie-France Toinet.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

The Balch Institute Library and Archives.

Other Format:

Online version: In the shadow of the Statue of Liberty.

ISBN:

2903981485

9782903981488

OCLC:

19943450

Online:

French equivalent / Équivalent français