From Ellis Island to JFK
Subtitle: New York`s Two Great Waves of Immigration
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: February 1, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9780300093216
Subjects: American history: from c 1900 -; Ethnic studies; Immigration & emigration; Social history; 20th century; History; History - U.S.; History: American; Emigration & Immigration; United States - State & Local - General; History / United States / State & Local; General; Emigration and immigration; Immigrants; Immigration and emigration; New York; New York (N.Y.); New York (State)
First sentence: In the history, the very personality, of New York City, few events loom larger than the wave of immigration that peaked in the first decade of the twentieth century.