Special Sorrows: The Diasporic Imagination of Irish, Polish, and Jewish Immigrants in the United States
"A critically important step in furthering the discussion of [how] . . . race has interacted with immigrant adjustment and national construction."  --George Sanchez, Journal of American Ethnic History"A scholarly study of the real roots of what Jacobson calls 'America's largely assimilated but ultimately "unmeltable" ethics'."  --Jonathan Kirsch, Los Angeles Times"This is one of the most significant studies of immigrant life in a many a year."  --J. D. Sarna, from CHOICE