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Unless otherwise indicated, all books in this list are in sound, usable condition ("very good"), in the original cloth binding and are 8vo. (approximately 6" X 9" in size.) Most are not new; however, previous owners' names, bookplates, stamps and other marks of ownership are not noted unless such markings are disfiguring. Bindings on older books will usually show normal signs of wear and use relative to the age of the book. Excessive wear or damage is noted in the description. Books whose condition is above average are also noted.
512079 Aliens or Americans ?, by Howard B. Grose. Published by Eaton & Mains, New York, 1906. Index, biblio., photos, folding color map of Races of Immigrants Fiscal Year 1905 [giving number of immigrants from various European countries], blue cloth with original photo, very bright and clean, having been protected by the dust jacket (edges worn, previous owner’s name in ink), 12mo., 337 pp. VG condition. Of particular interest to the student of immigrant history, this book was published under the auspices of the “Young People’s Missionary Movement” to teach the importance of “Americanizing” the arriving immigrants. Written from the point of view that large scale immigration was now (in 1906) inevitable, the author discusses commonly held stereotypes of southern and eastern Europeans, Asians and other immigrant groups. He then advocates the “Christianizing” of newly arrived immigrants by mainstream Protestant missionaries. $35.00
911043 Immigration Reconsidered: History, Sociology, and Politics, by Virginia Yans-McLaughlin (ed.). Published by Oxford University Press, New York, 1990. 1st edition. Notes, cloth, dj., 8vo., 342 pp. VG condition. A collection of essays by the world's leading scholars in the field. Includes Kerby Miller's essay on Irish-American ethnicity. $22.50
401006 Emigration and Disenchantment: Portraits of Englishmen Repatriated from the United States, by Wilbur S. Shepperson. Published by University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, OK, 1965. 1st edition, Index, biblio., cloth, dj. (spine faded), 8vo., 211 pp. VG condition. The author investigates the magnitude and significance of the British return movement in 1865, exploring the personal circumstances which led fifty of the would-by immigrants to leave the United States. $22.50
401004 Distant Magnets: Expectations and Realities in the Immigrant Experience, 1840-1930, by Dirk Hoerder and Horst Rossler (eds.). Published by Holmes and Meier, New York, 1993. Index, notes, cloth, dj., 8vo., 312 pp. VG condition. From the Ellis Island Series. Documents the experiences of peasant and working-class emigrants from England, Ireland, Scandinavia, Italy, Austria, Poland, Hungary, the Balkans, and East European communities. $22.50
906674 The Movement to Americanize the Immigrant, by Edward George Hartmann. Columbia University Press, New York, 1948, 333 pp., 1st edition, 8vo., Index, biblio., Dark green cloth., VG condition. Author's presentation copy. Treats the period immediately before WWI when the Americanization crusade flourished. $25.00
906295 Immigrants and the American City, by Thomas Muller. NYU Press, New York, 1993, 372 pp., 8vo., index, notes, wraps, VG condition. $15.00