Immigrant Voices: New Lives in America, 1773-1986 [Paperback]

Thomas Dublin (Editor)

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From Library Journal

Dublin ( Women at Work , LJ 10/15/79) here offers a collection of first-person immigrant accounts of life in the United States. This book grew out of Dublin's desire to provide his undergraduates (he teaches history at SUNY-Binghamton) with a reader showing how immigrants saw and understood their own experiences. Dublin draws from a wide range of already published classic immigrant recollections, ranging from "The Diary of John Harrower" to "The Nguyen Family: From Vietnam to Chicago." There is a balance between accounts by men and women; two of the ten chapters are written by the children of immigrants. The selected bibliography is a particularly useful list of book-length first-person accounts. Although all the readings are available elsewhere, the editing of this work warrants its inclusion in most undergraduate collections.
- Daniel Liestman, Seattle Pacific Univ. Lib.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 336 pages
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press; First Edition edition (August 1, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0252062906
• ISBN-13: 978-0252062902
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #300,018 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars U.S. immigrants ARE U.S. history, December 1, 1997

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This review is from: Immigrant Voices: New Lives in America, 1773-1986 (Paperback)

Through primary source material from each American immigrant, Dublin presents a book that spans the American immigration experience from Revolutionary America to 1986. From a motley crew of different American immigrants, we see the drama and lives of different peoples who come to America to become Americans. We hear the voices of John Harrower, an indentured servant in Revolutionary America; the Seyyfardts, who migrate to 1850s Michigan; Rosa Cassettari, an early 20th century Italian immigrant who wants to go back home; and the Nguyens, Vietnamese War refugees granted a safe haven to live in America. These different stories all show us what type of people come to America, the reason why they come, and the reasons why they leave their original countries. It also gives insight into the reader's own personal identity, and what it means to be American. Dublin's book also presents the underlying, similar characteristics of all immigrants to America. Highly recommended.

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4.0 out of 5 stars A good place to start, June 13, 2008

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This review is from: Immigrant Voices: New Lives in America, 1773-1986 (Paperback)

If you're trying to find great individual stories of immigrants to America from many parts of the world and at many points in American history, this is a good place to start. A number of the stories are excerpts from longer amazing autobiographies of people like Rosa Cassetari (Italian, late 19th century) and Ernesto Galarza (Mexican, early 1900s). If you're trying to round up some of the best, this book will help you do it. Check out the table of contents. Nutty to Meet You! Dr. Peanut Book #1Take Me With You When You Go