White on Arrival

2004-09-30 History

Author : Thomas A. Guglielmo
Release : 2004-09-30
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 381/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis White on Arrival by : Thomas A. Guglielmo

Download or read book White on Arrival written by Thomas A. Guglielmo. This book was released on 2004-09-30. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taking the mass Italian immigration of the late 19th century as his starting point and drawing on dozens of oral histories and a diverse array of primary sources in English and Italian, Guglielmo focuses on how perceptions of Italians' race and color were shaped in one of America's great centers of immigration and labor, Chicago. His account skillfully weaves together the major events of Chicago immigrant history--the "Chicago Color Riot" of 1919, the rise of Italian organized crime, and the rise of industrial unionism--with national and international events--such as the rise of fascism and the Italian-Ethiopian War of 1935-36--to present the story of how Italians approached, learned, and lived race. By tracking their evolving position in the city's racial hierarchy, Guglielmo reveals the impact of racial classification--both formal and informal--on immigrants' abilities to acquire homes and jobs, start families, and gain opportunities in America. White on Arrival was the winner of the 2004 Frederick Jackson Turner Award of the Organization of American Historians

The Arrival

2014 Children's stories

Author : Shaun Tan
Release : 2014
Genre : Children's stories
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Book Rating : 868/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book The Arrival written by Shaun Tan. This book was released on 2014. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What drives so many to leave everything behind and journey alone to a mysterious country, a place without family or friends, where everything is nameless and the future is unknown. This silent graphic novel is the story of every migrant, every refugee, every displaced person, and a tribute to all those who have made the journey.

How the Irish Became White

2012-11-12 History

Author : Noel Ignatiev
Release : 2012-11-12
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 695/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book How the Irish Became White written by Noel Ignatiev. This book was released on 2012-11-12. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: '...from time to time a study comes along that truly can be called ‘path breaking,’ ‘seminal,’ ‘essential,’ a ‘must read.’ How the Irish Became White is such a study.' John Bracey, W.E.B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies, University of Massachussetts, Amherst The Irish came to America in the eighteenth century, fleeing a homeland under foreign occupation and a caste system that regarded them as the lowest form of humanity. In the new country – a land of opportunity – they found a very different form of social hierarchy, one that was based on the color of a person’s skin. Noel Ignatiev’s 1995 book – the first published work of one of America’s leading and most controversial historians – tells the story of how the oppressed became the oppressors; how the new Irish immigrants achieved acceptance among an initially hostile population only by proving that they could be more brutal in their oppression of African Americans than the nativists. This is the story of How the Irish Became White.

Disabled Upon Arrival

2018-03 Language Arts & Disciplines

Author : Jay Timothy Dolmage
Release : 2018-03
Genre : Language Arts & Disciplines
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Book Rating : 629/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Disabled Upon Arrival written by Jay Timothy Dolmage. This book was released on 2018-03. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A rhetorical examination of the spaces, technologies, and discourses of immigration restriction during the peak period of North American immigration in the early twentieth century. Links anti-immigration rhetoric to eugenics--and argues racist and ableist ideas about bodily values have never really gone away"--

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