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Daily Life in Immigrant America, 1870-1920
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The Journal of American Culture
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June 1, 2008
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Daily Life in Immigrant America, 1870-1920 June Granatir Alexander. Westport: Greenwod Press, 2007.
In our day when, for one reason another cultures are restless, forced to move, or for economic or military conditions are being forced or allowed to move, this volume is an excellent reminder of the many cultures and their backgrounds which make up the past and present development of the "Dreamland" and reality of America. During the floodtide of immigrants from Europe and Asia during the half century covered in this history, individuals and families left their poverties in their "mother" countries and came to America seeking a better life. Though a few made up a return migration when they ...