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Author Werner, Emmy E.

Title Passages to America : oral histories of child immigrants from Ellis Island and Angel Island / Emmy E. Werner.

Publication Info. Washington, D.C. : Potomac Books, [2009]
©2009

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Location Call No. Status
 Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Adult Department  305.23 WER    On Display
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  305.2309 W492P    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description xiii, 177 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Contents Passing through Ellis Island -- First in line : child immigrants from the British Isles -- From the pale of settlement to the golden land -- The Italian bambini -- St. Olaf's children from Scandinavia -- Survivors of the Armenian genocide -- German immigrant children during the Great Depression -- Escape from Hitler's Third Reich -- Europe's displaced children come to the United States -- The paper sons of Angel Island -- Risk and protective factors in the lives of immigrant children -- From sojourners to citizens.
Subject Immigrant children -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
United States -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 20th century.
Ellis Island Immigration Station (N.Y. and N.J.)
Angel Island Immigration Station (Calif.)
ISBN 9781597972963 hardcover alkaline paper
1597972967 hardcover alkaline paper
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