Immigrant Voices Volume 2

Author : Gordon Hutner
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2015-06-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780698182721

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A compelling collection of essays providing a comprehensive vision of immigration to the United States in the late twentieth and twenty-first centuries—the indispensable companion to Immigrant Voices. Filled with moving narratives by authors from around the world, Immigrant Voices: Volume II delivers a global and intimate look at the challenges modern immigrants confront. Their stories, told with pride, humor, trepidation, candor, and a touch of homesickness, offer rarely glimpsed perspectives on the difficult but ultimately rewarding quest to become an American. From the humorous experiences of Firoozeh Dumas, author of Funny in Farsi, to the poignant struggles of Oksana Marafioti, author of American Gypsy, this collection travels from Burundi to Afghanistan, Egypt to Havana, and Cambodia to Puerto Rico, to present incredible contemporary portraits of immigrants and illustrate that America is, and always will remain, a fresh and ever-changing melting pot. Featuring Firsthand Accounts by André Aciman, Tamim Ansary, H.B. Cavalcanti, Firoozeh Dumas, Gustavo Pérez Firmat, Reyna Grande, Le Ly Hayslip, Aleksandar Hemon, Rose Ihedigbo, Oksana Marafioti, Anchee Min, Shoba Narayan, Elizabeth Nunez, Guillermo Reyes, Marcus Samuelsson, Katarina Tepesh, Gilbert Tuhabonye, Loung Ung, Kao Kalia Yang

Author : Megan Bayles,Achy Obejas
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : American fiction
ISBN : 1933147652

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Immigrant Voices by Megan Bayles,Achy Obejas Pdf

The eighteen stories collected in Immigrant Voices highlight the complex relationships of immigrants in the United States at the beginning of the twenty-first century with their families, friends, new surroundings, and home countries. The authors themselves have made many of the same kinds of transitions as the characters they portray, and they offer fresh perspectives on the immigrant experience. Coedited by award-winning author Achy Obejas and cultural studies scholar Megan Bayles, this anthology addresses the perennial questions about society and the individual that the authors of the Great Books have pondered for centuries. Letting Go to America, M. Evelina Galang. Absence, Daniel Alarcón. Mother the Big, Porochista Khakpour. The Bees, Part 1, Aleksandar Hemon. Grandmother's Garden, Meena Alexander. Otravida, Otravez, Junot Díaz. Wal-Mart Has Plantains, Sefi Atta. Fischer vs. Spassky, Lara Vapnyar. The Stations of the Sun, Reese Okyong Kwon. Echo, Laila Lalami. No Subject, Carolina De Robertis. The Science of Flight, Yiyun Li. Hot-Air Balloons, Edwidge Danticat. Home Safe, Emma Ruby-Sachs. SJU ATL DTW (San Juan Atlanta Detroit), Lawrence La Fountain-Stokes. Diógenes, Pablo Helguera. Bamboo, Eduardo Halfon. Encrucijada, Roberto G. Fernández.

Author : Gordon Hutner
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1999-03-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780451526984

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With narratives from the eighteenth to the twentieth century, this anthology provides a historical and uniquely personal perspective on the immigrant experience and illuminates the often difficult dream of becoming an American citizen. From Hector St. John de Crèvecoeur’s defining statement of Americanism to Harlem Renaissance figure Claude McKay’s observations on race, here are both rousing and heartbreaking impressions of those who departed from their homlands in the hopes of making a new life. Reconciling their old traditions with their new land, these immigrants faced such adversity as assimilation, prejudice, poverty, homesickness, and identity. Filled with inspiring stories of immigrants who traveled from Mexico, India, China, Korea, Syria, and beyond, Immigrant Voices reveals—in their own words—how these newcomers were able to persevere and make their mark on the “New World.”

Author : Thomas Dublin
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2014-03-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0252078721

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Immigrant Voices by Thomas Dublin Pdf

A classroom staple, Immigrant Voices: New Lives in America, 1773-2000 has been updated with writings that reflect trends in immigration to the United States through the turn of the twenty-first century. New chapters include a selection of letters from Irish immigrants fleeing the famine of the 1840s, writings from an immigrant who escaped the civil war in Liberia during the 1980s, and letters that crossed the U.S.-Mexico border during the late 1980s and early '90s. With each addition editor Thomas Dublin has kept to his original goals, which was to show the commonalities of the U.S. immigrant experience across lines of gender, nation of origin, race, and even time.

Author : Tea Rozman Clark,Rachel Lauren Mueller
Publisher : Green Card Youth Voices
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 1949523004

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Immigration Stories from a Minneapolis High School by Tea Rozman Clark,Rachel Lauren Mueller Pdf

This book is a collection of digital narratives and personal essays written by thirty immigrant and refugee high school students from thirteen countries who reside in Minneapolis.

Author : Thomas Dublin
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Immigrants
ISBN : 0252062906

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Immigrant Voices by Thomas Dublin Pdf

A collection of ten immigrant stories from 1773 to 1986 by men and women from European, Latin American, and Asian countries which are based on letters, diaries, and oral histories.

Author : Robert Forrant,Christoph Strobel
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2011-05-22
Category : Immigrants
ISBN : 0931507286

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The Big Move; Immigrant Voices from a Mill City by Robert Forrant,Christoph Strobel Pdf

Author : Green Card Voices (Organization)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 149 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Children of immigrants
ISBN : 0997496029

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Green Card Youth Voices by Green Card Voices (Organization) Pdf

This book is a collection of digital narratives and personal essays written by twenty-one immigrant and refugee high school students from twenty-two countries who reside in Fargo ND.

Author : Enrique T. Trueba,Lilia I. Bartolomé
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Education
ISBN : 0742500411

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Immigrant Voices by Enrique T. Trueba,Lilia I. Bartolomé Pdf

"The ethnics are coming" --and the fear of many observers is that the quality of traditional disciplines will suffer as a result. Immigrant Voices: In Search of Pedagogical Reform is a new book which shows that such fear is unfounded. Ethnic scholars of international repute come together in this new collection of essays to meditate upon the single most important social phenomena in America today: Immigration. Due to the ever increasing ethnic diversity in today's school populations, the need to explore this issue has become more critical than ever. Giving voice to a broad range of complex experiences, contributors from China, Taiwan, Mexico, Argentina, Spain, and Slovakia provide insight into the numerous obstacles immigrants must overcome in order to succeed in both the academy and society at large. Offering broad theoretical perspectives, as well as powerful and unforgettable personal narratives, this book serves as a invaluable resource for continued efforts toward educational equity.

Author : Tea Rozman Clark,Julie Vang
Publisher : Green Card Youth Voices
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2020-09
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 1949523160

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Immigration Stories from Upstate New York High Schools: Green Card Voices by Tea Rozman Clark,Julie Vang Pdf

This book is a collection of digital narratives and personal essays written by thirty immigrant and refugee youth from twenty countries who reside in Buffalo and Rochester in New York State.

Author : Dorothy Hoobler,Thomas Hoobler
Publisher : Scholastic Reference
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0439162971

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We are Americans by Dorothy Hoobler,Thomas Hoobler Pdf

A history of immigration to America, from speculation about the earliest immigrants to the present day.

Author : Maris R. Thompson
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2017-12-27
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781498533812

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Narratives of Immigration and Language Loss by Maris R. Thompson Pdf

This book examines narratives of anti-German sentiment and language loss from German American communities in southwestern, Illinois. During World War I and II, government sponsored Americanization campaigns brought an abrupt end to German speaking practices in many communities across the Midwest. The narratives and the sociolinguistic practices around their telling detail the experiences of people who were singled out because of their ethnicity and bilingualism and the consequences these experiences had for their families. This work considers how contexts of discrimination informed constructions of the past that people could live with and the impact of these contexts on their beliefs about language and belonging. In addition to stories of past experience, this work also explores narratives of the present. New immigrants are moving to the region for work in local industries and their presence is regarded cautiously by German origin residents. Narrative constructions about new immigrants are considered in light of these shifting demographics and local histories of anti-German sentiment with significant implications for the future of social relationships in these communities.

Author : James M. Bergquist
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2007-12-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780313065354

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Daily Life in Immigrant America, 1820-1870 by James M. Bergquist Pdf

Early nineteenth century America saw the first wave of post-Independence immigration. Germans, Irish, Englishmen, Scandinavians, and even Chinese on the west coast began to arrive in significant numbers, profoundly impacting national developments like westward expansion, urban growth, industrialization, city and national politics, and the Civil War. This volume explores the early immigrants' experience, detailing where they came from, what their journey to America was like, where they entered their new nation, and where they eventually settled. Life in immigrant communities is examined, particularly those areas of life unsettled by the clash of cultures and adjustment to a new society. Immigrant contributions to American society are also highlighted, as are the battles fought to gain wider acceptance by mainstream culture. Engaging narrative chapters explore the experience from the viewpoint of the individua, the catalysts for leaving one's homeland, new immigrant settlements and the differences among them, social, religious, and familial structures within the immigrant communities, and the effects of the Civil War and the beginning of the new immigrant wave of the 1870s. Images and a selected bibliography supplement this thorough reference source, making it ideal for students of American history and culture.

Author : Mónica Tornoe
Publisher : Izzard Ink
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2022
Category : Hispanic Americans
ISBN : 1642280798

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The Truth in Our Stories by Mónica Tornoe Pdf

"At the core of this book are twelve stories of our Latinx immigrant brothers and sisters, stories that bring up truths and disrupt the conventional narrative around immigration and the immigrant experience. Restoring a sense of shared humanity over the objectification of immigrants is a fundamental goal of this project. Also, this book makes an excellent educational resource for curricula in high schools, universities, colleges, seminaries and congregations"--

Author : Tobin Hansen,María Engracia Robles Robles
Publisher : Georgetown University Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2021-07-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781647120856

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Voices of the Border by Tobin Hansen,María Engracia Robles Robles Pdf

A collection of personal narratives of migrants crossing the US-Mexico border, Voices of the Border brings us closer to this community of people and their strength, love, and courage in the face of hardship and injustice. Chapter introductions provide readers with a broader understanding of their experiences and the consequences of public policy.