From Ellis Island to JFK: New York's Two Great Waves of Immigration

by Nancy Foner

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Two great waves of immigration -- one at the start of the twentieth century and another in its final decades -- transformed the history and personality of New York City. This book, the first in-depth comparison of New York's two most recent immigration eras, reassesses the myths that surround both sets of immigrants.
  • ISBN10 0300082266
  • ISBN13 9780300082265
  • Publish Date 10 September 2000 (first published 1 January 2000)
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 22 September 2006
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Yale University Press
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 340
  • Language English