Summary: Examines the history of the seven million Irish who emigrated to America in the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries including the causes of the exodus and the immigrant experience in the United States. Uses photographs, archival footage, manuscript material and interviews with Irish immigrants to describe their experiences and the profound influence they have had on American culture.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Shanachie Entertainment 1997

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Coan, Peter M.

Summary: From 1892 to 1954, Ellis Island processed 12 million immigrants. Produced in cooperation with the Ellis Island Research Foundation, "Ellis Island Interviews" collects the oral histories of more than 130 men and women from all socio-economic and cultural backgrounds. The stories of these last original surviving immigrants are enhanced by more than 60 photographs, many never before published.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Facts on File 1997

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1 available in Adult, Call number: 304.8 COA

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 304.873 COA

Suarez, Ray

Summary: From a veteran broadcaster and historian comes a richly reported portrait of the newest Americans, immigrants from all over the globe who are living all across the country, filled with their own voices. We are a nation of immigrants, never more than now. In recent decades, the numbers have skyrocketed, thanks to people coming from many continents -- especially Asia, Africa, and South America....

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2024

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 325.73 SUA