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Emigration and immigration Ethnic relations Immigrants Immigrants United States History Immigrants United States History Juvenile literature United States United States Emigration and immigration United States Emigration and immigration History United States Emigration and immigration Juvenile literature United States Ethnic relations Juvenile literatureMortensen, Lori
Summary: Describes Angel Island Immigration Station and why it is a symbol of hope and struggle.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books 2009
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE MORPeters, Lisa Westberg
Summary: "This lyrical and extremely timely picture book illuminates the many different migrants who have made their homes in North America through the centuries"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Schwartz & Wade Books 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 304.8 PETSummary: Of the many themes that characterize U.S. history, immigration is one of the most constant and most pervasive. Since the first European and African immigrants began arriving in North America during the early seventeenth century, immigrants have steadily poured into what is now the United States. During the early twenty-first century, that flow has continued unabated--the major difference being...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grey House Publishing/Salem Press, a division of EBSCO Information Service 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 304.8 ISSUES VOL 1Das, Alina
Summary: This provocative account of our immigration system's long, racist history reveals how it has become the brutal machine that upends the lives of millions of immigrants today. Each year in the United States, hundreds of thousands of people are arrested, imprisoned, and deported, trapped in what leading immigrant rights activist and lawyer Alina Das calls the "deportation machine." The bulk of the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bold Type Books 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 325 DASCannato, Vincent J.
Summary: Ellis Island had been an obscure little island that barely held itself above high tide. Today it stands alongside Plymouth Rock in our nation's founding mythology as the place where many of our ancestors first touched American soil. Ellis Island's heyday--from 1892 to 1924--coincided with one of the greatest mass movements of individuals the world has ever seen, with some twelve million...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2009
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: 325.73 CANCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 325.73 CANČulen, Konštantín.
Summary: "Konštantin Culen was the first Slovak writer to undertake systematic research in the history of the American Slovaks, and the first to write a part of that history. He prepared many rich chapters on the history of parishes, movements, organizations, societies...Culen was the first to bring about a rapprochement between Slovak America and the land of its origins. And had he accomplished nothing...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Czechoslovak Genealogical Society International 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.0049 CULDaniels, Roger.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 1990
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.04 DANMaestro, Betsy.
Summary: Presents the story of immigration. Includes important dates and facts about immigration.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 1996
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 325.73 MAECopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J America MaestroHandlin, Oscar
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown 1990
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 325.73 HandlFord, Jeanne Marie
Summary: Looks into the lives, challenges, and successes of Indian immigrants.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Child's World 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973.049 FORHavemeyer, Janie
Summary: Looks into the lives, challenges, and successes of Chinese immigrants.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Child's World 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973.049 HAVSummary: Of the many themes that characterize U.S. history, immigration is one of the most constant and most pervasive. Since the first European and African immigrants began arriving in North America during the early seventeenth century, immigrants have steadily poured into what is now the United States. During the early twenty-first century, that flow has continued unabated--the major difference being...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grey House Publishing/Salem Press, a division of EBSCO Information Service 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 304.8 ISSUES VOL 2Bausum, Ann.
Summary: An award-winning author examines the history of American immigration--a critical topic in 21st century America--particularly those lesser-known stories of immigrants who were denied entrance into the States or detained for security reasons.
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973 BAUOmoth, Tyler
Summary: "Offers readers a compelling look into the lives, challenges, and successes of Cuban immigrants. Additional features include a Fast Facts page, a timeline, informative photo captions, critical-thinking questions, primary source quotes and accompanying source notes, a phonetic glossary, additional resources for further study, and an index"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Child's World 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973.049 OMOHutchison, Patricia
Summary: "Offers readers a compelling look into the lives, challenges, and successes of Somali immigrants. Additional features include a Fast Facts page, a timeline, informative photo captions, critical-thinking questions, primary source quotes and accompanying source notes, a phonetic glossary, additional resources for further study, and an index"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Child's World 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973.049 HUTMacCarald, Clara
Summary: Offers readers a compelling look into the lives, challenges, and successes of Japanese immigrants. Additional features include a Fast Facts page, a timeline, informative photo captions, critical-thinking questions, primary source quotes and accompanying source notes, a phonetic glossary, and additional resources for further study.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Child's World 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973.049 MACOmoth, Tyler
Summary: "Offers readers a compelling look into the lives, challenges, and successes of Italian immigrants. Additional features include a Fast Facts page, a timeline, informative photo captions, critical-thinking questions, primary source quotes and accompanying source notes, a phonetic glossary, additional resources for further study, and an index"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Child's World 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973.049 OMOMinian, Ana Raquel
Summary: "A probing work of narrative history that reveals the hidden story of immigrant detention in the United States, deepening urgent national conversations around migration. In 2017, many Americans watched in horror as children were torn from their parents at the US-Mexico border under Trump's "family separation" policy. But as historian Ana Raquel Minian reveals in In the Shadow of Liberty, this...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2024
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 365.47 MINMaurer, Gretchen
Summary: Looks into the lives, challenges, and successes of Filipino immigrants.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Child's World 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973.049 MAUKrasner, Barbara
Summary: Offers readers a compelling look into the lives, challenges, and successes of Jewish immigrants.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Child's World 2019