Title All the nations under heaven : immigrants, migrants, and the making of New York / Frederick M. Binder, David M. Reimers, and Robert W. Snyder

Edition Revised edition Published New York : Columbia University Press, [2019]

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 314 pages) : illustrations, map Contents A seaport in the Atlantic world, 1624-1820 -- Becoming a city of the world, 1820-1860 -- Progress and poverty, 1861-1900 -- Slums, sweatshops, and reform, 1880-1917 -- New times and new neighborhoods, 1917-1928 -- Times of trial, 1929-1945 -- City of hope, city of fear, 1945-1997 -- Immigrants in a city reborn, 1980-present Summary First published in 1996, All the Nations Under Heaven has earned praise and a wide readership for its unparalleled chronicle of the role of immigrants and migrants in shaping the history and culture of New York City. This updated edition of a classic text brings the story of the immigrant experience in New York City up to the present with vital new material on the city's revival as a global metropolis with deeply rooted racial and economic inequalities. All the Nations Under Heaven explores New York City's history through the stories of people who moved there from countless places of origin and indelibly marked its hybrid popular culture, its contentious ethnic politics, and its relentlessly dynamic economy. From Dutch settlement to the extraordinary diversity of today's immigrants, the book chronicles successive waves of Irish, German, Jewish, and Italian immigrants and African American and Puerto Rican migrants, showing how immigration changes immigrants and immigrants change the city. In a compelling narrative synthesis, All the Nations Under Heaven considers the ongoing tensions between inclusion and exclusion, the pursuit of justice and the reality of inequality, and the evolving significance of race and ethnicity. In an era when immigration, inequality, and globalization are bitterly debated, this revised edition is a timely portrait of New York City through the lenses of migration and immigration Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 30, 2020) Subject Ethnology -- New York (State) -- New York SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race Relations. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies. Ethnic relations Ethnology Race relations SUBJECT New York (N.Y.) -- Ethnic relations New York (N.Y.) -- Race relations Subject New York (State) -- New York Form Electronic book Author Reimers, David M., author. Snyder, Robert W., author. LC no. 2018039428 ISBN 9780231548588 0231548583

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