Bostonâ s Immigrants, 1790â 1880: A Study in Acculturation, Fiftieth Anniversary Edition, With a New Preface by the Author

Handlin, Oscar

ISBN 10: 0674079868 / ISBN 13: 9780674079861

Editore: Belknap Press: An Imprint of Harvard University Press, 1991

Used book in good and clean conditions. Pages and cover are intact. Limited notes marks and highlighting may be present. May show signs of normal shelf wear and bends on edges. Item may be missing CDs or access codes. May include library marks. Fast Shipping. Codice articolo ZWM.3HKX

Riassunto:

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.

Product Description: Illuminates the history of Boston, focussing on the life of people from the perspective of the social historian. The author explores a range of subjects - peasant society and the causes of European migration, population growth and industrial development, the ideology of progress and Catholic thought, urban politics and the dynamics of prejudice. One feature that stands out is the refutation of the popular notion that the American community, local or national, has been able to accept great contingencies of foreign population without experiencing significant and lasting modifications of its own cultural features.

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Titolo: Bostonâ s Immigrants, 1790â 1880: A Study ...
Casa editrice: Belknap Press: An Imprint of Harvard University Press
Data di pubblicazione: 1991
Legatura: Brossura
Condizione: good
Edizione: quarta edizione