Daily Life in Immigrant America, 1870-1920: How the Second Great Wave of Immigrants Made Their Way in America

by June Alexander and Ivan Dee

Book Overview

The second wave of U.S. immigration, from 1870 to 1920, brought more than 26 million men, women, and children onto American shores. June Granatir Alexander's history of the period underscores the diversity of peoples who came to the United States in these years and emphasizes the important shifts in their geographic origins--from northern and western Europe to southern and eastern Europe--that led to the distinction between old and new immigrants...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1566638305
• ISBN13: 9781566638302
• Release Date: July 2009
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.6" x 8.3"