Growing up American
Subtitle: immigrant children in America, then and now
By: Selma Cantor Berrol.
Series: Twayne's history of American childhood series
Publisher: Twayne Publishers; Prentice Hall International; Maxwell Macmillan Canada; Maxwell Macmillan International
Published: 1995
Place of publication: New York; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 132
Subjects: Children of immigrants -- United States -- History.; United States -- Social life and customs.
Description: The child of Italian parents growing up at the turn of the century in New York City and the child of Mexican parents growing up today in Los Angeles likely share much in common. To suffer the loss of a familiar place, to feel like an outsider in a new one, to be torn between the cultural values of those old and new places, to know discrimination, to grow up in poverty: this has long and often been the lot of immigrant children.

Growing Up American is a testament to the struggles, the defeats, and the accomplishments of these children - be they Italian or Mexican, German or Irish, West Indian or Asian - on their way to becoming adults.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 103-127) and index.