Immigrant Minds, American Identities: Making the United States Home, 1870-1930

by Orm Overland

Book Overview

Focusing on a period of American history marked by a sharp division between Anglo-Americans ("Americans") and non-Anglo European immigrants ("foreigners"), Orm verland examines the creation and dissemination of "homemaking myths" stories that weave immigrants into the basic fabric of America by linking them to the pivotal events and ideas of their new homeland.
Devised by middle-class ethnic leaders and spread through ethnic media, banquets,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252025628
• ISBN13: 9780252025624
• Release Date: June 2000
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.3"