Encountering Ellis Island: How European Immigrants Entered America

(Part of the How Things Worked Series)

by Ronald H. Bayor

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A look at the process of entering America a hundred years ago--from both an institutional and a human perspective.

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America is famously known as a nation of immigrants. Millions of Europeans journeyed to the United States in the peak years of 1892-1924, and Ellis Island, New York, is where the great majority landed. Ellis Island opened in 1892 with the goal of placing immigration under...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:142141368X

ISBN13:9781421413686

Release Date:May 2014

Publisher:Johns Hopkins University Press

Length:184 Pages

Weight:0.61 lbs.

Dimensions:0.5" x 6.0" x 9.1"

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