num_pages: 336
description: In this richly evocative collection ten men and women of European, LatinAmerican, and Asian backgrounds tell of their immigrant experiences. They range from a Shetland Islander who sailed to Virginia as an indentured servant before the American Revolution to a Vietnamese refugee family living in Chicago in the 1980s.Thomas Dublin presents diaries, letters, reminiscences, and oral history in a volume that memorably reflects the diversity and commonalties of two centuries of U.S. immigration. His introduction places the primary sources in a broad interpretive framework and offers readers an overview of the place of immigration in national development. 
language: English
title: Immigrant Voices: New Lives in America, 1773-1986
titlecomplete: Immigrant Voices: New Lives in America, 1773-1986
genres: History, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 57
publisher: University of Illinois Press