Encountering Ellis Island
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Author | : Ronald H. Bayor |
Publisher | : JHU Press |
Total Pages | : 181 |
Release | : 2014-05-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1421413671 |
What happened along the journey? How did the processing of so many people work? What were the reactions of the newly arrived to the process (and threats) of inspection, delays, hospitalization, detention, and deportation? How did immigration officials attempt to protect the country from diseased or "unfit" newcomers, and how did these definitions take shape and change? What happened to people who failed screening? And how, at the journey's end, did immigrants respond to admission to their new homeland? Ronald H. Bayor, a senior scholar in immigrant and urban studies, gives voice to both immigrants and Island workers to offer perspectives on the human experience and institutional imperatives associated with the arrival experience. Drawing on firsthand accounts from, and interviews with, immigrants, doctors, inspectors, aid workers, and interpreters, Bayor paints a vivid and sometimes troubling portrait of the immigration procedure.
Author | : Patricia Brennan Demuth |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 114 |
Release | : 2014-03-13 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 044847915X |
From 1892 to 1954, Ellis Island was the gateway to a new life in the United States for millions of immigrants. In later years, the island was deserted, the buildings decaying. Ellis Island was not restored until the 1980s, when Americans from all over the country donated more than $150 million. It opened to the public once again in 1990 as a museum. Learn more about America's history, and perhaps even your own, through the story of one of the most popular landmarks in the country.
Author | : Dale Anderson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 52 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9780836853377 |
- Time line- Focus boxes- Maps- Primary source documents- Glossary, Index
Author | : Ellen Doherty |
Publisher | : Benchmark Education Company |
Total Pages | : 24 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 1616726601 |
This book is about the history of Ellis Island and the experience of immigrating to America.
Author | : Caitlin Merrick |
Publisher | : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc |
Total Pages | : 67 |
Release | : 2015-07-15 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 1499435061 |
This fascinating look into American history uncovers how some of our ancestors came to the United States, seeking freedom and fortune, and often risking everything to make a home in America. This resource tells the story of the immigrant history of the United States, using documents and photographs from the heyday of one of the most important immigration ports. The history of Ellis Island is revealed to be one of grit, misfortune, and luck that is both true of the island and of the people it welcomed to America?s shores.
Author | : Raymond Bial |
Publisher | : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Total Pages | : 64 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9780618999439 |
The story of the island where the immigrants went when they came to America looking for a better way of life and the museum that preserves these memories.
Author | : Hal Marcovitz |
Publisher | : Mason Crest Publishers |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2015 |
Genre | : United States |
ISBN | : 9781422231234 |
Between 1892 and 1954, more than 12 million immigrants entered the United States through the Ellis Island processing station in New York harbor. To these immigrants, Ellis Island was a symbol of the American dream--once they passed through its gates, they could start a new life with opportunities that were not available to them in their countries of origin. Today, roughly one-third of our country's population is descended from those who were processed at Ellis Island, and the facility is now a museum dedicated to American immigration.
Author | : Hilarie N. Staton |
Publisher | : Infobase Publishing |
Total Pages | : 49 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : New York (N.Y.) |
ISBN | : 1438128134 |
As the main entry facility for immigrants coming to the United States for more than half a century, Ellis Island was the last stop before a move to freedom in America. About 12 million people from Europe and elsewhere entered teh United States through this portal. The fascinating Ellis Island uses immigrants' own words, photographs, and full-color illustrations to explore the significance to those who wished to pursue the American Dream.
Author | : Barry Moreno |
Publisher | : Greenwood |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2004-12-30 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0313326827 |
Ellis Island, at the southern tip of Manhattan, was the major portal for European immigrants to the United States and looms large in 19th century and early 20th century history. After extensive restoration, today it is a national symbol and important museum. Authored by a noted historian and librarian at the Ellis Island Immigration Museum, this is the first encyclopedia devoted to the Island, documenting its various incarnations. It contains more than 430 essay entries on the crucial people, operations, rooms and buildings, events, immigration laws and acts, organizations, and other terms associated with the island's history. This ready reference is perfect for synthesizing information for student reports on immigration and heritage. Genealogists and browsers will find this captivating reading as well. A chronology, primary document appendixes, and plentiful photos are added value.
Author | : William Jay Jacobs |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 48 |
Release | : 1990-03-30 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 0684191717 |
Traces the history of Ellis Island and immigration to America and describes the experiences of immigrants arriving in 1907.