Africans in America
- ISBN-10
- 1438103549
- ISBN-13
- 9781438103549
- Series
- Africans in America
- Category
- African Americans
- Pages
- 96
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2009-01-01
- Publisher
- Infobase Publishing
- Authors
- Richard Worth, Robert Asher
Description
The United States is truly a nation of immigrants, or as the poet Walt Whitman once said, a nation of nations. Spanning the time from when the Europeans first came to the New World to the present day, the new Immigration to the United States set conveys the excitement of these stories to young people. Beginning with a brief preface to the set written by general editor Robert Asher that discusses some of the broad reasons why people came to the New World, both as explorers and settlers, each book's narrative highlights the themes, people, places, and events that were important to each immigrant group. In an engaging, informative manner, each volume describes what members of a particular group found when they arrived in the United States as well as where they settled. Historical information and background on the various communities present life as it was lived at the time they arrived. The books then trace the group's history and current status in the United States. Each volume includes photographs and illustrations such as passports and other artifacts of immigration, as well as quotes from original source materials. Box features highlight special topics or people, and each book is rounded out with a glossary, timeline, further reading list, and index.
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Other editions
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- 1999
- 494 pages
- Paperback
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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