Libraries, Immigrants, and the American Experience

by Plummer Alston Jones

Book Overview

From 1876 to 1924--a period of free immigration--the mission of the American public library in its work with immigrants was to Americanize the immigrants by teaching them English and preparing them for citizenship. From 1924 to 1948--a period of restricted immigration--the mission of the American public library in its work with immigrants was to educate the adult immigrant and to internationalize the American community. Together, the public library...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313307695
• ISBN13: 9780313307690
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.3"