The sweetness of freedom :: stories of immigrants /

The Sweetness of Freedom presents an eclectic grouping of late nineteenth- and twentieth-century immigrants' narratives and the personal artifacts, historical documents, and photographs these travelers brought on their journeys to Michigan. Most of the oral histories in this volume are based on...

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1. Verfasser: Ostrander, Stephen Garr
Weitere Verfasser: Bloomfield, Martha Aladjem
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: East Lansing, Mich. : Michigan State University Press, ©2010.
Schriftenreihe:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Zusammenfassung:The Sweetness of Freedom presents an eclectic grouping of late nineteenth- and twentieth-century immigrants' narratives and the personal artifacts, historical documents, and photographs these travelers brought on their journeys to Michigan. Most of the oral histories in this volume are based on interviews conducted with the immigrants themselves. Some of the immigrants presented here hoped to gain better education and jobs. Others - refugees - fled their homelands because of war, poverty, repression, religious persecution, or ethnic discrimination. All dreamt of fre.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xx, 392 pages) : illustrations
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:1609172027
9781609172022
9781628961447
1628961449