An American in the Making
Author : Marcus Eli Ravage
Publisher :
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 45,69 MB
Release : 1917
Category : Acculturation
ISBN :
Author : Marcus Eli Ravage
Publisher :
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 45,69 MB
Release : 1917
Category : Acculturation
ISBN :
Author : M. E. Ravage
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 38,27 MB
Release : 2009-05-19
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 0813548667
At the turn of the twentieth century, M. E. Ravage set off in steerage for America, one of almost two million Jews who, like millions of others from eastern and southern Europe, were lured by tales of worldly success. Seventeen years after arriving on Ellis Island, Ravage had mastered a new language, found success in college, and engagingly penned in English this vivid account of the ordeals and pleasures of departure and assimilation. Steven G. Kellman brings Ravage's story to life again in this new edition, providing a brief biography and introduction that place the memoir within historical and literary contexts. An American in the Making contributes to a broader understanding of the global notion of "America" and remains timely, especially in an era when massive immigration, now from Latin America and Asia, challenges ideas of national identity.
Author : Jacob A. Riis
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 28,52 MB
Release : 2023-09-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 3387049730
Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.
Author : Earl J. Hess
Publisher :
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 16,99 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Music
ISBN :
This title combines prose with scholarship to provide the complete inside story of how 'Singin' in the Rain' was made, marketed, and received.
Author : Chiou-ling Yeh
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 37,75 MB
Release : 2008-09-02
Category : History
ISBN : 0520253515
This provocative history of the largest annual Chinese celebration in the United States—the Chinese New Year parade and beauty pageant in San Francisco—opens a new window onto the evolution of one Chinese American community over the second half of the twentieth century. In a vividly detailed account that incorporates many different voices and perspectives, Chiou-ling Yeh explores the origins of these public events and charts how, from their beginning in 1953, they developed as a result of Chinese business community ties with American culture, business, and politics. What emerges is a fascinating picture of how an ethnic community shaped and was shaped by transnational and national politics, economics, ethnic movements, feminism, and queer activism.
Author : John D'Agata
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 821 pages
File Size : 14,10 MB
Release : 2016-03-15
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 1555977340
"Now, with "The making of the American essay' the editor includes selections ranging from Anne Bradstreet's secular prayers to Washington Irving's satires, Emily Dickinson's love letters to Kenneth Goldsmith's catalog's, Gertrude Stein's portraits to James Baldwin's and Norman Mailer's mediations on boxing. In this volume the editor uncovers new stories in the American essay's past and shows us that some of the most fiercely daring writers in the American literary canon have turned to the essay in order to produce some of our culture's most exhilarating art."-- book jacket.
Author : Megan Ming Francis
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 33,38 MB
Release : 2014-04-21
Category : History
ISBN : 1107037107
This book extends what we know about the development of civil rights and the role of the NAACP in American politics. Through a sweeping archival analysis of the NAACP's battle against lynching and mob violence from 1909 to 1923, this book examines how the NAACP raised public awareness, won over American presidents, secured the support of Congress, and won a landmark criminal procedure case in front of the Supreme Court.
Author : Dan DiMicco
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 49,24 MB
Release : 2015-03-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1137279796
The chairman of America's most successful steel company dismantles myths about the decline of American industry
Author : Kyle Ward
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
Page : 606 pages
File Size : 13,34 MB
Release : 2011-01-11
Category : History
ISBN : 1458729923
In this thought-provoking study (Library Journal ), historian Kyle Ward-the widely acclaimed co-author of History Lessons-gives us another fascinating look at the biases inherent in the way we learn about our history. Juxtaposing passages from...
Author : J.J. Lee
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 751 pages
File Size : 50,17 MB
Release : 2007-03
Category : History
ISBN : 0814752187
Explores the history of the Irish in America, offering an overview of Irish history, immigration to the United States, and the transition of the Irish from the working class to all levels of society.