Daily Life in Immigrant America, 1870-1920: How the Second Great Wave of Immigrants Made Their Way in America

The second "wave" of U.S. immigration, from 1870 to 1920, brought more than 26 million men, women, and children onto American shores. June Granatir Alexander's history of the period underscores the diversity of peoples who came to the United States in these years and emphasizes the important shifts in their geographic origins-from northern and western Europe to southern and eastern Europe-that led to the distinction between "old" and "new" immigrants. Alexander offers an engrossing picture of the immigrants' daily lives, including the settlement patterns of individuals and families, the demographics and characteristics of each of the ethnic groups, and the pressures to "Americanize" that often made the adjustment to life in a new country so difficult. The approach, similar to David Kyvig's highly successful Daily Life in the United States, 1920-1940 (published by Ivan R. Dee in 2004), presents history with an appealing immediacy, on a level that everyone can understand.

Author: June Granatir Alexander
Publisher: Ivan R. Dee Publisher
Published: 07/16/2009
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.01lbs
Size: 8.34h x 5.56w x 1.04d
ISBN13: 9781566638302
ISBN10: 1566638305
BISAC Categories:
- History | United States | 20th Century
- History | United States | 19th Century
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies | General

About the Author
June Granatir Alexander teaches Russian and East European studies at the University of Cincinnati. She has also written Ethnic Pride, American Patriotism and The Immigrant Church and Community. She lives in Cincinnati.