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Immigrant Voices
New Lives in America, 1773-1986
In this richly evocative collection ten men and women of European, Latin American, and Asian backgrounds tell of their immigrant experiences. They range from a Shetland Islander who sailed to Virginia as an indentured servant before the American Revolution to a Vietnamese refugee family living in Chicago in the 1980s.
Thomas Dublin presents diaries, letters, reminiscences, and oral history in a volume that memorably reflects the diversity and commonalties of two centuries of U.S. immigration. His introduction places the primary sources in a broad interpretive framework and offers readers an overview of the place of immigration in national development.
"Evocative of the human drama and conflicting emotions that such an experience generated. The goal to show that these emotions and experience transcend time, space, and ethnic categories is fully realized. In its imagery of shared experiences, the collection leaves an impression of a meaningful unity amidst obvious diversity."--John Bodnar, author of The Transplanted: A History of Immigrants in Urban America
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