Special Sorrows: The Diasporic Imagination of Irish, Polish, and Jewish Immigrants in the United States

by Matthew Frye Jacobson

Book Overview

Conventional wisdom would have us believe that every immigrant to the United States "became American," by choice and with deliberate speed. Yet, as Special Sorrows shows us, this is simply untrue. In this compelling revisionist study, Matthew Frye Jacobson reveals tenacious attachments to the Old World and explores the significance of homeland politics for Irish, Polish, and Jewish immigrants at the turn of the twentieth century.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674831853
• ISBN13: 9780674831858
• Release Date: February 1995
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.6"