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• Dover Thrift Editions

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This anthology surveys the immigration experience from a wide range of cultural and historical viewpoints. Contributors include Jacob Riis, Edwidge Danticat, Junot Díaz, and many others.

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Contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Bob Blaisdell [United States]: Note (2013)
• Acknowledgements
• Contents
• Richard Frethorne [England]: Letters from an Indentured Servant (1623o
• Gottlieb Mittelberger [Germany]: Journey to Pennsylvania (1754o
• Hector St. John de Crevecoeur [France]: What Is an American? (1782o
• Frank Lecouvreur [Prussia]: From East Prussia to the Golden Gate (1852o
• Emma Lazarus [United States]: The New Colossus (1883o
• Hans Mattson [Sweden]: Reminiscences: The Story of an Emigrant (1891o
• Sadie Browne [Poland]: The Life Story of a Polish Sweatshop Girl (1906o
• Lee Chew [China]: The Life Story of a Chinese Businessman (1906o
• Rocco Corresca [Italy]: The Life Story of an Italian Bootblack (1906o
• Jacob Riis [Denmark]: The Making of an American (1908o
• Abraham Rihbany [Syria]: Lights and Shadows (1914o
• Edward Steiner [Slovakia]: From Alien to Citizen (1914o
• Anna Hilda Louise Walther [Denmark]: A Pilgrimage with a Milliner's Needle (1917o
• Rose Cohen [Russia]: Out of the Shadow (1918o
• Edward Bok [Holland]: Where America Fell Short with Me (1922o
• Louis Adamic [Slovenia]: Amerikansi in Carniola (1932o
• Stoyan Pribichevich [Yugoslavia]: In an American Factory (1938o
• Andrés Aragon [Spain]: After the Death of Spain (1978o
• Nicholas Gerros [Greece]: Greek Horatio Alger (1978o
• Carlos Bulosan [Philippines]: My Education (1979o
• Edwidge Danticat [Haiti]: A New World Full of Strangers (1987o
• Vladimir Vernikov [Russia]: The ABC of a New Profession (1991o
• Dympna Ugwu-Oju [Nigeria]: Raising Delia (1995o
• Aleksandar Hemon [Yugoslavia / Serbia]: Door to Door (2001o
• Mela Tannenbaum [Ukraine]: A Musician's Journey (2002o
• Firoozeh Dumas [Iran]: Funny in Farsi: The "F Word" (2003o
• Junot Díaz [Dominican Republic]: Homecoming with Turtle (2004o.
• Rose Castillo Guilbault [Mexico]: Farmworker's Daughter: Growing Up Mexican in America (2005o
• Orubba Almansouri [Yemen]: University of Kitchen (2009o.

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ISBN

9780486783208 ((electronic bk.))

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