Encountering Ellis Island : How European Immigrants Entered America /

"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 the control of the fe...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Bayor, Ronald H., 1944-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2014]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Ellis Island Immigration Station (N.Y. and N.J.)
Ellis Island Immigration Station (N.Y. et N.J.) > Histoire.
Ellis Island Immigration Station (New York, N.Y.) > History.
Ellis Island Immigration Station (N.Y. and N.J.) > History.
Immigration > historia.
Invandrare > historia.
History.
Migration.
Emigration and immigration.
United States of America.
Einwanderer
Immigrants.
HISTORY > Social History.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Emigration & Immigration.
HISTORY > United States > General.
Immigrants > United States > History.
Förenta staterna.
Ellis Island
United States.
United States > Emigration and immigration > History.
Narrative non-fiction.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • How (and why) immigrants traveled to America
  • How immigrants were processed
  • How newcomers dealt with delays and coped with detainment or rejection
  • How the immigration staff and others viewed their work
  • How immigrants responded to entering America and changed the system.

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