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124 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
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English
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"This book explores the way government policy and popular responses to immigrant groups evolved throughout U.S. history, particularly between 1800 and 1965. The book concludes with a summary of events up to contemporary times, as immigration again becomes a hot-button issue."--Provided by publisher.
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115 pages : illustrations (some color), color map ; 27 cm
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English
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Letters, diary entries, poems, monologues and diaglogues created to illustrate the stories of people whose lives were touched by Ellis Island, once the United States' largest immigration station.
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1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Famous Hispanic women in history have inspired countless young women to believe in their dreams. From artists to astronauts and writers to politicians, many great Latino-American history makers have changed the world. The program celebrates notable Hispanic-American Women whose influence has touched us in every walk of life. There isn't an industry in which Hispanic Americans haven't made their mark in history, with some of the most iconic scientists,...
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105 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
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Español
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Describe la historia de Ellis Island, una puerta de entrada para muchos inmigrantes procedentes de los Estados Unidos en el siglo XIX y principios del XX y detalles de la restauración de la señal y su reapertura como Museo.
Describes the history of Ellis Island, a gateway for many immigrants coming to the United States in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and details the restoration of the landmark and its reopening as a museum.
8) Ellis Island
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48 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 25 cm.
Language
English
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Introduces the history of Ellis Island as an American immigration port during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and describes how the island is used as a monument and museum today.
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xvii, 280 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 19 cm
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English
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"Stories of remarkable American immigrants are brought to life in short, lyrical biographies written by Sara Nović and charming full-color illustrations by artist Alison Kolesar. Some of the names you'll find here are familiar: Founding father Alexander Hamilton was born and raised on the tiny Caribbean island of Nevis before coming to New York to pursue his education, and Yoko Ono's parents disapproved when she fell in with the bohemian art scene...
13) The immigrants
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48 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
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English
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2 videodiscs (approximately 240 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
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Through extensive archival materials and interviews with scholars and notable Italian-Americans, viewers will learn the story of those who played vital roles in helping to shape a unique Italian-American identity.
15) Ellis Island
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1 videodisc (137 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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A look at the history of Ellis Island, the primary immigration point into the United States from 1892-1954.
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English
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"A sweeping history of the legislative battle to reform American immigration laws that set the stage for the immigration debates roiling America today. The idea of the United States as a nation of immigrants is today so pervasive, and seems so foundational, that it can be hard to believe Americans ever thought otherwise. But a 1924 law passed by Congress instituted a system of ethnic quotas so stringent that it choked off large-scale immigration for...
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4 videodiscs (237 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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A History of Hispanic Achievement in America is a story that began more than 500 years ago when Christopher Columbus stepped onto the fertile shores of "the New World." It is a story rich with the stunning achievements, heroic exploits, ceaseless courage and the remarkable discoveries of Hispanic immigrants from all over the world. From the American Revolutionary War to the War in Iraq, Hispanic Americans have served in the U.S. Armed Forces. HIspanices...
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xii, 423 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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English
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"A revelatory history of the trafficking of young Asian girls that flourished in San Francisco during the first century of Chinese immigration (1848-1943) and the "safe house" on the edge of Chinatown that became a refuge for those seeking their freedom From 1874, a house on the edge of San Francisco's Chinatown served as a gateway to freedom for thousands of enslaved and vulnerable young Chinese women and girls. Known as the Occidental Mission Home,...
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382 pages : genealogical table ; 24 cm
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English
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"When Jason DeParle moved in with Tita Comodas in the Manila slums thirty years ago, he didn't expect to make a lifelong friend. Nor did he expect to spend decades reporting on her family--husband, children, and siblings--as they came to embody the stunning rise of global migration. In A Good Provider Is One Who Leaves, DeParle paints an intimate portrait of an unforgettable family across three generations, as migration reorders economics, politics,...
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