From Ellis Island to JFK
Subtitle: New York`s Two Great Waves of Immigration
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: September 10, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9780300082265
Subjects: American history: from c 1900 -; Immigration & emigration; POLITICS & GOVERNMENT; Social history; Colonies And Colonization; New York - Local History; Social Science; History - U.S; History: American; New York; Emigration & Immigration; United States - State & Local - General; History / United States / State & Local; Emigration and immigration; History; Immigrants; New York (N.Y.); New York (State)
Description: "In the history of New York City, few events loom larger than the wave of immigration at the turn of the twentieth century. Today a similar influx is once again transforming the city. More than one in three New Yorkers are now immigrants. From Ellis Island to JFK is the first in-depth study that compares these two huge social changes.".

"Nancy Foner offers a critical reassessment of the myths that have grown up around the earlier Jewish and Italian immigration - myths that deeply color how today's Asian, Latin American, and Caribbean arrivals are seen. Issue by issue, she reveals the often surprising realities of both immigrations.".

"Drawing on a wealth of historical and contemporary research, Foner, in a lively and entertaining style, opens a new chapter in the study of immigration - and in the story of the nation's gateway city."--BOOK JACKET.