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The Sweetness of Freedom presents an eclectic grouping of late nineteenth- and twentieth-century immigrants' narratives and the personal artifacts, historical documents, and photographs these travelers brought on their journeys to Michigan. Most of the oral histories in this volume are based on...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ostrander, Stephen Garr
Otros Autores: Bloomfield, Martha Aladjem
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: East Lansing, Mich. : Michigan State University Press, ©2010.
Temas:
1800-1999
Immigrants > Michigan > History > 19th century.
Immigrants > Michigan > History > 20th century.
Oral history > Michigan.
Histoire orale > Michigan.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Immigrants.
Oral history.
Michigan > History > 19th century.
Michigan > History > 20th century.
Michigan > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Michigan > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Michigan.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgments; Foreword; Introduction; I Have a Beautiful Country to Work From; Where the Streets Were Paved with Gold; America Was the Best Country to Live In; We Wanted to Be American; Immigration Didn't Solve All Our Problems; We Weren't Always Welcome in America; Anything That I've Set My Mind to, I Usually Accomplish; No Mexicans Allowed!; The Trip Became a GreatAdventure; The Promiseof a Better Future; We Didn't Know How Our Future Would Be; We Have to Make the Best of the Situation; From Korea with Love; Call Your Brother in Michigan
  • We Belong to America Just as Much as America Belongs to UsI Never Believed I Would Stay in America; I Can Almost Taste the Sweetness of Freedom; Be Like the Bees-Make Plenty of Hives and Honey; Afterword

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