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From Ellis Island to JFK

by Foner, Nancy,
Additional authors: ebrary, Inc.
Published by : Yale University Press ; | Russell Sage Foundation, (New Haven : | New York :) Physical details: x, 334 p.
Subject(s): Immigrants -- New York (State) -- New York -- History. | New York (N.Y.) -- Emigration and immigration -- History. | Electronic books.
Year: 2000
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-322) and index.

"In the history of New York City, few events loom larger than the wave of immigration at the turn of the twentieth century. Today a similar influx is once again transforming the city. More than one in three New Yorkers are now immigrants. From Ellis Island to JFK is the first in-depth study that compares these two huge social changes." "Nancy Foner offers a critical reassessment of the myths that have grown up around the earlier Jewish and Italian immigration - myths that deeply color how today's Asian, Latin American, and Caribbean arrivals are seen. Issue by issue, she reveals the often surprising realities of both immigrations." "Drawing on a wealth of historical and contemporary research, Foner, in a lively and entertaining style, opens a new chapter in the study of immigration - and in the story of the nation's gateway city."

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2008. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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