Passages to America
Subtitle: oral histories of child immigrants from Ellis Island and Angel Island
By: Emmy E. Werner.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Potomac Books
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781597972963
Subjects: Ellis Island Immigration Station (N.Y. and N.J.); Angel Island Immigration Station (Calif.); Immigrant children -- United States -- History -- 20th century; United States -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 20th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Passing through Ellis island == First in line : child immigrants from the British Isles; title: From the pale of settlement to the golden land; title: The Italian bambini; title: St. Olaf's children from Scandinavia; title: Survivors of the Armenian genocide; title: German immigrant children during the great depression; title: Escape from Hitler's Third Reich; title: Europe's displaced children come to the United States; title: The paper sons of Angel Island; title: Risk and protective factors in the lives of immigrant children; title: From sojourners to citizens.