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Author: Thomas J. Archdeacon Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 0029009804 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 323
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Traces the history of American immigration from 1607 to the 1920s and looks at how groups of immigrants have adapted to the United States.
Author: Thomas J. Archdeacon Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 0029009804 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 323
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Traces the history of American immigration from 1607 to the 1920s and looks at how groups of immigrants have adapted to the United States.
Author: Silvia Hidalgo Publisher: Abrams ISBN: 1683353412 Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 138
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An illustrated guide to U.S. civics and history, perfect for students, aspiring citizens, and anyone looking to be a more informed American. The current political climate has left many of us wondering how the government actually operates. Sure, we learned about it in school, but if put to the test, how many of us could correctly explain the branches of the government? The history of politics and political activism? The differences and connections between local and federal government? Enter How to Be an American. When author and illustrator Silvia Hidalgo began to study for her citizenship test, she quickly found that the materials provided by the government were lacking. To more easily absorb the information, Hidalgo started her own illustrated reference to civics facts and American history essentials. She’s collected her findings in How to Be an American, a freshly designed and illustrated guide that will leave any reader a more savvy, informed citizen—or prepare them to take the citizenship test themselves.
Author: Ilan Stavans Publisher: ISBN: 9781598530513 Category : SOCIAL SCIENCE Languages : en Pages : 0
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Comprised mostly of memoirs with some fiction, this volume gathers selections from the writings of 85 immigrants from 45 countries that illustrate the changing views of immigrants in the United States.
Author: Nathan Perl-Rosenthal Publisher: Harvard University Press ISBN: 0674915550 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 186
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In the decades after the United States formally declared its independence in 1776, Americans struggled to gain recognition of their new republic and their rights as citizens. None had to fight harder than the nation’s seamen, whose labor took them far from home and deep into the Atlantic world. Citizen Sailors tells the story of how their efforts to become American at sea in the midst of war and revolution created the first national, racially inclusive model of United States citizenship. Nathan Perl-Rosenthal immerses us in sailors’ pursuit of safe passage through the ocean world during the turbulent age of revolution. Challenged by British press-gangs and French privateersmen, who considered them Britons and rejected their citizenship claims, American seamen demanded that the U.S. government take action to protect them. In response, federal leaders created a system of national identification documents for sailors and issued them to tens of thousands of mariners of all races—nearly a century before such credentials came into wider use. Citizenship for American sailors was strikingly ahead of its time: it marked the federal government’s most extensive foray into defining the boundaries of national belonging until the Civil War era, and the government’s most explicit recognition of black Americans’ equal membership as well. This remarkable system succeeded in safeguarding seafarers, but it fell victim to rising racism and nativism after 1815. Not until the twentieth century would the United States again embrace such an inclusive vision of American nationhood.
Author: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Publisher: Government Printing Office ISBN: 9780160831188 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 36
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"Learn About the United States" is intended to help permanent residents gain a deeper understanding of U.S. history and government as they prepare to become citizens. The product presents 96 short lessons, based on the sample questions from which the civics portion of the naturalization test is drawn. An audio CD that allows students to listen to the questions, answers, and civics lessons read aloud is also included. For immigrants preparing to naturalize, the chance to learn more about the history and government of the United States will make their journey toward citizenship a more meaningful one.
Author: Meri Nana-Ama Danquah Publisher: Hyperion ISBN: 9780786883431 Category : Current Events Languages : en Pages : 260
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Now in paperback -- "A compelling collection . . . providing insights into the variety of immigrant experiences." --Publishers Weekly Take part in an extraordinary journey through the lives of 23 first-generation immigrant women as they uncover their own unique experiences in the new world. In this remarkable collection of original essays, these acclaimed writers speak to issues of identity, ethnicity, and race, as well as how the self begins to take on and absorb the label "American." Some of the contributors in Becoming American include: Nina Barragan -- Argentina; Lilianet Brintrup -- Chile; Veronica Chambers -- Panama; Judith Ortiz Cofer -- Puerto Rico; Edwidge Danticat -- Haiti; Gabrielle Donnelly -- England; Lynn Freed -- South Africa; Akuyoe Graham -- Ghana; Lucy Grealy -- Ireland; Suheir Hammad -- Jordan/Palestine; Ginu Kamani -- India; Nola Kambanda -- Burundi/Rwanda; Helen Kim -- Korea; Kyoko Mori -- Japan; Irina Reyn -- Russia; Joyce Zonana -- Egypt
Author: George J. Sanchez Publisher: OUP USA ISBN: 9780195096484 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 406
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Twentieth century Los Angeles has been the focus of one of the most profound and complex interactions between distinct cultures in U.S. history. In this pioneering study, Sanchez explores how Mexican immigrants "Americanized" themselves in order to fit in, thereby losing part of their own culture.
Author: Cary D. Lowe Publisher: Black Rose Writing ISBN: 1684334624 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 285
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Becoming American is the inspiring story of the author’s transformation from a child of Holocaust survivors in post-war Europe to an American lawyer, academic, and activist associated with such famed political leaders as Robert Kennedy, George McGovern, Jerry Brown, and Tom Hayden. Searching for his great-grandparents’ graves in a hidden cemetery outside Prague makes him recall his experiences of becoming American: listening to Army Counterintelligence agents gathered at his home in Austria; a tense encounter with Russian soldiers; seeing Jim Crow racism in the South during his first visit to the United States; becoming an American citizen in his teens; having his citizenship challenged by border guards; fearing for his new country upon witnessing the Watts riots; exhilaration at rising to leadership positions in organizations shaping government policies; and advancing the American dream as a real estate lawyer, helping develop entire new communities.
Author: Clara MacCarald Publisher: ABDO ISBN: 1680776517 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 51
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Each year, millions of people become American citizens at birth. Thousands more are naturalized as adults. Becoming an American Citizenexplains how these processes work. Clear text, helpful sidebars, and color photographs give readers a compelling overview of this important subject. Features include fast facts, a table of contents, a glossary, additional resources, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Core Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
Author: Thomas J. Archdeacon
Author: Thomas J. Archdeacon
Author: Silvia Hidalgo
Author: Ilan Stavans
Author: Nathan Perl-Rosenthal
Author: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
Author: Meri Nana-Ama Danquah
Author: George J. Sanchez
Author: Cary D. Lowe
Author: Thomas Dublin
Author: Clara MacCarald