Encountering Ellis Island: How European Immigrants Entered America

by Ronald H. Bayor

A look at the process of entering America a hundred years ago--from both an institutional and a human perspective.

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America is famously known as a nation of immigrants. Millions of Europeans journeyed to the United States in the peak years of 1892-1924, and Ellis Island, New York, is where the great majority landed. Ellis Island opened in 1892 with the goal of placing immigration under...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 142141368X
• ISBN13: 9781421413686
• Release Date: May 2014
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.1"