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A new history of immigration / by Jaclyn Backhaus.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: True historyDescription: 160 pages, 8 unumbered pages of plates ; illustrations ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9780593386125
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 304.8 BAC 23/eng/20220519
LOC classification:
  • JV6450 .B33 2022
Contents:
Prologue: "The Conversation" -- America: A Nation of Immigrants? -- The Power of Words -- Our Borderlands -- Early Waves of Immigration -- The Statue of Liberty, the Golden Door -- Asian Immigration and the Civil Rights Movement -- Moving Forward from Going Back -- America's Future.
Summary: "The United States has long been touted as a place where anyone with a little grit and determination could come to pursue the American Dream. But as more walls are erected and borders are closed, is that dream still alive today? A New History of Immigration introduces young readers to alternative histories of immigration beyond Ellis Island and amplifies the voices of marginalized immigrants and their stories of success"--
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode
Non Fiction MVS Library Children's Room G- Nonfiction (Juvenile) 304.8 BAC (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 4009351

Includes bibliographical references (page 160).

Prologue: "The Conversation" -- America: A Nation of Immigrants? -- The Power of Words -- Our Borderlands -- Early Waves of Immigration -- The Statue of Liberty, the Golden Door -- Asian Immigration and the Civil Rights Movement -- Moving Forward from Going Back -- America's Future.

"The United States has long been touted as a place where anyone with a little grit and determination could come to pursue the American Dream. But as more walls are erected and borders are closed, is that dream still alive today? A New History of Immigration introduces young readers to alternative histories of immigration beyond Ellis Island and amplifies the voices of marginalized immigrants and their stories of success"--

Ages 10 and up Penguin Workshop

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