The Melting-Pot

by Israel Zangwill

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Israel Zangwill, an Anglo-Jewish author and son of immigrants, wrote The Melting-Pot to demonstrate how immigrants could become good American citizens, hoping to forestall the kinds of restrictions-particularly against Russian Jews-that had been enacted in his home country. In 1908, when the play first appeared on an American stage, rates of immigration were high and many Americans feared that these particular newcomers would unalterably change the nation's character. Politicians and others called for restricted immigration and stringent tests for citizenship. The Melting-Pot did not prevent the US government from enacting stringent immigration restrictions in 1924. But it became Zangwill's...Read more
  • ISBN10 3732617270
  • ISBN13 9783732617272
  • Publish Date 3 December 2017 (first published 29 October 1920)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Imprint Salzwasser-Verlag Gmbh
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 162
  • Language English