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Author Ewing, Walter A., author.

Title Immigrant experiences : why immigrants come to the United States and what they find when they get here / Walter A. Ewing.

Publication Info. Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2018]
©2018

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Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  305.9069 EWING    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  305.9 EWI    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  305.906 EWING    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  305.9069 EWI    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  305.9069 EWING    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Faxon Branch - Welcome Center  305.9069 EWING    Check Shelf
Description v, 191 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
Summary "Immigrant Experiences weaves together the varied strands of the immigrant experience using detailed historical and contemporary examples that move beyond hackneyed stereotypes about immigrants to give readers a fact-based understanding of immigration to the United States"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-187) and index.
Contents Part I: The first steps. Living in fear ; Hand to mouth ; The ladder of success -- Part II: Homecomings. Pieces of paper ; Fearing the unknown ; Warmer welcomes -- Part III: The new ordinary. The bottom line ; Generation gaps ; New identities.
Subject Immigrants -- United States.
United States -- Emigration and immigration.
Emigration and immigration. (OCoLC)fst00908690
Immigrants. (OCoLC)fst00967712
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
HISTORY / United States.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies.
Other Form: Online version: Ewing, Walter A., author. Immigrant experiences Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2018] 9781538100516 (DLC) 2018032349
ISBN 9781538100509 (cloth) (alk. paper)
1538100509 (cloth) (alk. paper)
9781538100516 (electronic)
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