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Bezig met laden... The Uprooted: The Epic Story of the Great Migrations That Made the American Peopledoor Oscar Handlin
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. 1102 The Uprooted: The Epic Story of the Great Migration that Made the American People, by Oscar Handlin (read 17 Jan 1971) (Pulitzer History prize in 1952) I was moved by portions of this book but disappointed by the format. No footnotes, it tries to generalize the story of the immigrant. I kept thinking of my immigrant grandparents and so often what was said as a generalization was not applicable. But the insight into the tremendous emotional trauma involved in leaving the Old Country and taking up life here I found impelling. But so often the immigrant is pictured as defeated, overwhelmed, etc. My paternal grandfather certainly does not fit that picture. This book was far too short in documentation and specifics. ( ) geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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Awarded the 1952 Pulitzer Prize in history, The Uprooted chronicles the common experiences of the millions of European immigrants who came to America in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries--their fears, their hopes, their expectations. The New Yorker called it "strong stuff, handled in a masterly and quite moving way," while the New York Times suggested that "The Uprooted is history with a difference--the difference being its concerns with hearts and souls no less than an event." The book inspired a generation of research in the history of American immigration, but because it emphasizes the depressing conditions faced by immigrants, focuses almost entirely on European peasants, and does not claim to provide a definitive answer to the causes of American immigration, its great value as a well-researched and readable description of the emotional experiences of immigrants, and its ability to evoke the time and place of America at the turn of a century, have sometimes been overlooked. Recognized today as a foundational text in immigration studies, this edition contains a new preface by the author. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)325.73Social sciences Political Science International migration and colonization North America United StatesLC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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