This land is our land : a history of American immigration
by
Osborne, Linda Barrett, 1949- author.
Title
:
This land is our land : a history of American immigration
Author
:
Osborne, Linda Barrett, 1949- author.
Summary
:
"This book explores the way government policy and popular responses to immigrant groups evolved throughout U.S. history, particularly between 1800 and 1965. The book concludes with a summary of events up to contemporary times, as immigration again becomes a hot-button issue."-- Provided by publisher.
Contents
:
The beginnings: Germans, Irish, and Nativists -- The other Europe arrives: Italians, Jews, and Eastern Europeans -- The other shore: immigrants from Asia -- South of our border: Latin American immigrants -- Seeking safety and liberty: refugees -- This land is whose land?: from World War II into the twenty-first century -- Coming to-and staying in-the United States -- Selected time line of immigration history.
Physical Description
:
124 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm
Program Information
:
Accelerated Reader 7.9.
Reading Counts! 10.2.
Subject Term
:
Immigrants -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Geographic Term
:
United States -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Publisher
:
Abrams Books for Young Readers,
Publication Date
:
2016
ISBN
:
9781419716607
Publication Information
:
New York, NY : Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2016.
Award Note
:
YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Award: Finalist
Call Number
:
J 304.8 OSBORNE
| Item Barcode | Collection | Call Number | Status |
|---|
| 33607003338020 | Juvenile Nonfiction | 304.8 OSBORNE | Checked In |