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Author Alexander, June Granatir, 1948-, author

Title Daily life in immigrant America, 1870-1920 : how the second great wave of immigrants made their way in America / June Granatir Alexander.

Publication Info. Chicago : Ivan R. Dee, [2009]
copyright 2009

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Location Call No. Status
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  305.9069 ALE    In Transit
Edition Rev. ed.
Description 332 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Chronology -- Introduction: Getting a perspective on immigrant daily life -- Immigration 1870 to 1920 : a historical overview -- Life on the land : immigrants in the American West -- Life on the job : immigrants in the industrial workplace -- Life in urban America : migrants and immigrant families -- Life in ethnic communities : immigrant institutions and businesses -- Life in a hostile world : immigrants in World War I America -- Glossary.
Subject United States -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 19th century.
United States -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 20th century.
Immigrants -- United States -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
Immigrants -- United States -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.
Immigrants -- United States -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
Immigrants -- United States -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
United States -- Social conditions -- 1865-1918.
United States -- Ethnic relations.
Ethnic neighborhoods -- United States -- History.
ISBN 9781566638302 (cloth : alk. paper)
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