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[Review Of] Edward D. Beechert. Working In Hawaii: A Labor History, Patricia Grimshaw
[Review Of] Edward D. Beechert. Working In Hawaii: A Labor History, Patricia Grimshaw
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For those interested in ethnic experience, the history of Hawaii offers unique insight. Initially a Polynesian island group, with a population related culturally to inhabitants of islands as far afield as Easter Island, New Zealand and Tahiti, Hawaii from the late eighteenth century onwards became the home of Americans, Europeans, Portuguese, Filipinos, Chinese and Japanese, all drawn there for differing reasons. When to this ethnic and racial variation, the complex permutations of class and gender are added, observers of Hawaii's past are witness to a rich range of inter-cultural encounters. In Working in Hawaii, Edward Beechert's particular focus is the …
[Review Of] Ira A. Glazier And Luigi De Rosa, Eds. Migration Across Time And Nations: Population Mobility In Historical Contexts, Laverne Lewycky
[Review Of] Ira A. Glazier And Luigi De Rosa, Eds. Migration Across Time And Nations: Population Mobility In Historical Contexts, Laverne Lewycky
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This book is a collection of papers originally presented at the 1982 Eighth International Economic History Conference held in Budapest. As the title suggests, the volume incorporates a wide range of geographical areas and historical time periods. This multidisciplinary study represents a variety of theoretical and methodological perspectives and thus highlights issues and concerns from various disciplinary perspectives. The twenty-two essays in the volume include macro and micro case studies on several continents with authors from several countries. It makes information from many languages available to the English reader. In a sense there is almost an encyclopedic treatment of various …
Index Of Reviewers And Titles
Explorations in Sights and Sounds
Index of reviewers and titles for Explorations in Sights and Sounds, No. 7, Summer, 1987.
[Review Of] David M. Brownstone, Irene M. Franck, And Douglass L. Brownstone. Island Of Hope, Island Of Tears, Zora Devrnja Zimmerman
[Review Of] David M. Brownstone, Irene M. Franck, And Douglass L. Brownstone. Island Of Hope, Island Of Tears, Zora Devrnja Zimmerman
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The most compelling aspect of this dramatic history of immigration to the United States via Ellis Island is its vivid documentation of actual human experiences. Personal testimonies from dozens of immigrants form a living tissue that connects the detailed, fully-researched historical data on immigration history. These oral descriptions recreate the journey for us, illustrate the conditions in the homeland being left behind, and give us an insider's view of the bureaucratic tribulations each immigrant faced on Ellis Island. The result is a powerful, inspiring testimonial to the courage, ingenuity, determination, and strength of the human spirit. These accounts, often expressed …
[Review Of] Mary Dougherty Bartlett. The New Native American Novel, Helen Jaskoski
[Review Of] Mary Dougherty Bartlett. The New Native American Novel, Helen Jaskoski
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This volume collects work-in-progress of nine contemporary Native American authors, some already widely published and some less well known as writers of fiction, although all have published poetry, journalism, or scholarship.
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Index Of Authors, Titles And Reviewers
Index Of Authors, Titles And Reviewers
Explorations in Sights and Sounds
Index of authors, titles and reviewers for Explorations in Sights and Sounds, No. 7, Summer, 1987.