Related Books

Passages to America
Language: en
Pages: 185
Authors: Emmy E. Werner
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011 - Publisher: Potomac Books, Inc.

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

More than twelve million immigrants, many of them children, passed through Ellis Island's gates between 1892 and 1954. Children also came through the "Guardian
Ellis Island
Language: en
Pages: 64
Authors: Raymond Bial
Categories: Juvenile Nonfiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009 - Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The story of the island where the immigrants went when they came to America looking for a better way of life and the museum that preserves these memories.
Ellis Island's Famous Immigrants
Language: en
Pages: 132
Authors: Barry Moreno
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008-01-16 - Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Since 1776, millions of immigrants have landed at Americas shores. To this day, their practical contributions are still felt in every field of endeavor, includi
Encountering Ellis Island
Language: en
Pages: 181
Authors: Ronald H. Bayor
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-05-15 - Publisher: JHU Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

A look at the process of entering America a hundred years ago—from both an institutional and a human perspective. Outstanding Academic Title, Choice America i
America Classifies the Immigrants
Language: en
Pages: 465
Authors: Joel Perlmann
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-03-26 - Publisher: Harvard University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Joel Perlmann traces the history of U.S. classification of immigrants, from Ellis Island to the present day, showing how slippery and contested ideas about raci