| Boston's Immigrants, 1790-1880: A Study in Acculturation, Fiftieth Anniversary Edition, with a New Preface by the Author Revised, Enlarg Edition Contributor(s): Handlin, Oscar (Author) |
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ISBN: 0674079868 ISBN-13: 9780674079861 Publisher: Belknap Press OUR PRICE: $39.60 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 1991 Annotation: This book explores a wide range of subjects: peasant society and the causes of European migration, population growth and industrial development, the ideology of progress and Catholic thought, and urban politics and the dynamics of prejudice. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - Social Science | Emigration & Immigration |
| Dewey: 305.800 |
| LCCN: 91012808 |
| Physical Information: 1.03" H x 5.5" W x 8.22" (1.01 lbs) 400 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: As fresh today as when it was first published a half-century ago, Boston's Immigrants illuminates the history of a particular city and an important phase of the American experience. Focusing on the life of people from the perspective of the social historian, the book explores a wide range of subjects: peasant society and the cause of European migration, population growth and industrial development, the ideology of progress and Catholic thought, and urban politics and the dynamic of prejudice. A generation of students and scholars has profited from its insights, and general readers have enjoyed its lively style. A new Preface by the author reflects upon the book's intellectual origins. |
Contributor Bio(s): Handlin, Oscar: - Oscar Handlin, a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, was Carl M. Loeb University Professor, Emeritus, at Harvard University. He was the editor of This Was America. |