From the Old Country: Women's Verse in America, 1820-1885

by Bruce M. Stave and John F. Sutherland

Book Overview

The authors explore the symbol of the American melting pot and other concepts in an oral history comprising the voices of European immigrants to Connecticut. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 087451908X
• ISBN13: 9780874519082
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: University Press of New England
• Length: 317 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Background for understanding immigrant experience.

Very helpful for understanding the experience of immigrants in their own words. Interesting reading for all. Includes much on the Italian immigrant that is of particular help in knowing about my husband's family.