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From Ellis Island to jfk foner

Hardcover • 2000 • English

From Ellis Island to jfk foner

By Nancy Foner

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In the history, the very personality, of New York City, few events loom larger than the wave of immigration at the turn of the last century. Today a similar influx of new immigrants is transforming the city again. Better than one in three New Yorkers is now an immigrant. From Ellis Island to JFK is the first in-depth study that compares these two huge social changes.<br><br> A key contribution of this book is Nancy Foner's reassessment of the myths that have grown up around the earlier Jewish an...Show more

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9780300093216

Published year

2000

Language

English

Original title

From Ellis Island to jfk foner

Format

Hardcover

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