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Category Archives: migration
Q&A with Ann Flesor Beck, Author of Sweet Greeks
in authors, culture, food, Illinois / regional, migration, Q&A
Tagged immigration, Q&A, UIP authors
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Author, Ann Flesor Beck of Sweet Greeks: First-Generation Immigrant Confectioners in the Heartland, answers questions about her family influences, purpose for writing and myths she hopes to dispel about first-generation Greeks. Why did you decide to write this book? The … Continue reading
Italian American Studies at the U of I Press
in american history, immigration, Italian American Studies, journals, migration, The Callout
Tagged American history, immigration, Italian American studies, journals, migration, The Callout
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The Journals and Books divisions at the Press endeavor to present scholarship not as two separate entities, but as a unified whole beneath the UIP banner. The field of Italian Studies offers a prime example. Like many areas of research … Continue reading
Immigration Reading List
in american history, current events, feminist studies, forthcoming books, immigration, latino studies, migration
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For many, it is impossible to ignore what is happening in the United States right now. As thousands of families have been separated at the border, many of us have questions. As a scholarly press, we strive to disseminate significant … Continue reading
AAAS 2018 Conference Roundup
in american history, asian american studies, conferences, labor history, migration, Uncategorized
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Are you headed to the 2018 Association for Asian American Studies conference in San Francisco? We are! Here is a preview of new books in The Asian American Experience series to look out for at AAAS. Here are 5 books to … Continue reading
Q&A with Laura E. Ruberto and Joseph Sciorra, editors of “New Italian Migrations to the United States”
in american history, author commentary, authors, dance, folklore, immigration, migration, politics
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Laura E. Ruberto is a professor of Humanities at Berkeley City College in the Department of Arts and Cultural studies, and Joseph Sciorra is the Director for Academic and Cultural Programs at the John D Calandra Italian American Institute at Queens College, City … Continue reading
Separating families for enslavement
in African American Studies, american history, migration, sexuality studies, women's history, world history
Tagged African history, history of slavery, slavery, women gender and sexuality
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Excerpted from Slavery at Sea: Terror, Sex, and Sickness in the Middle Passage, by Sowande’ M. Mustakeem The nature of slavery inflicted permanent scars as traders moved purchased captives off land, separating married couples, parents and children, siblings, and other … Continue reading
Throwbacklist Thursday: The Immigrant Songs
in american history, asian american studies, biography, immigration, latino studies, migration, women's history
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Pretty much every world religion and ethical system makes a virtue of offering succor to travelers, the rootless, and the persecuted. Immigration, the social-political system we’ve constructed around those ideas, plays a vital role in the narratives of many nations. … Continue reading
Throwbacklist Thursday
in immigration, migration
Tagged Janet W. Salaff, Mary H. Blewett, Michael Ugarte, Studies of World Migrations, Throwbacklist Thursday
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Migrations are in the news again. As happens when humanity goes through one of its giant spasms of violence, displacement follows. People tired of bombs, bullets, hunger, and the rest of a long list of horrors vote with their feet … Continue reading