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Daily Life in Immigrant America, 1820-1870
James M. Bergquist
Book Code: GR3698
ISBN: 0-313-33698-9
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-33698-0
328 pages
Greenwood Press
Publication: 12/30/2007
List Price: $49.95 (UK Sterling Price: £27.95)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Also Available: Ebook
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects: Reviews:
  • This well-written title examines the impact of immigration on the broad path of history while also presenting its effects on families and individuals through firsthand accounts that convey experiences and varied degrees of success and failure....The tightly structured narrative moves deftly over time and across oceans, making it easy for students to keep track of the complex subject matter. Fairly extensive passages of historical background provide useful context. Practical details involving everything from lodging conditions to the relative sizes of ships also help make the historical experiences tangible....This is a thorough, balanced, and well-organized presentation offering useful specifics as well as broader, far-reaching concepts.
    —School Library Journal     June 2008
Description: 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:
  • A focus on the experience from the viewpoint of the individual
  • the catalysts for leaving one's homeland
  • new immigrant settlements and the differences among them
  • social, religious, and familial structures within the immigrant communities
  • 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.
    • PDF Catalogs:
    Greenwood Spring Reference 2008.pdf
    Greenwood Multicultural Spring 2008.pdf
    Greenwood History Spring 2008.pdf
    Greenwood School and Public Library Reference Spring 2008.pdf
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