City of Dreams: The 400-Year Epic History of Immigrant New York
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| Rating | : | 4.99 (831 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1328745511 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 768 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-07-25 |
| Language | : | English |
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The book captured the amazing story of virtually all of the immigrant groups that The book captured the amazing story of virtually all of the immigrant groups that have come to New York over the centuries. It illustrates their struggles, conflicts but also their achievements and ultimately makes one optimistic that the City will continue to evolve successfully in future years.. Greg Polansky said A History of First Generation Immigrants in NYC. In this history of Immigrant New York City, the author narrates the many peoples who have made NYC home. Starting with the Dutch then the English, Scots, Germans, Irish, Italians, Jewish peoples of Eastern Europe, to the Chinese, Caribbean and Latin American arrivals coming today, Arbinder weaves an engrossing story of immigration. He however never really shows how immigrants assimilated into the fabric of NYC of the time. How did the Dutch and English become Americans? How did the Italians and Jews become Americans? This is not a history that lets you know that. It i. An Immigration Must! Omwoman This book should be required reading for those interested in the subject. A first-class historian who is part of the immigrant experience himself.
Over ten years in the making, Tyler Anbinder’s story is one of innovators and artists, revolutionaries and rioters, staggering deprivation and soaring triumphs. "Told brilliantly, even unforgettably An American story, one that belongs to all of us." — Boston Globe “A richly textured guide to the history of our immigrant nation’s pinnacle immigrant city has managed to enter the stage during an election season that has resurrected this historically fraught topic in all its fierceness.” — New York Times Book Review New York has been America’s city of immigrants for nearly four centuries. Bold, exhaustive, always surprising, Anbinder’s book is a wonderful reminder of how we came to be who we are.” — Timothy Egan, best-selling author of The Immortal Irishman . City of Dreams is the long-overdue, inspiring, and defining account of New York’s immigrants, both famous and forgotten: the young man from the Caribbean who relocated to New York and became a founding father; Russian-born Emma Goldman, who condoned the murder of American industrialists as a means of aiding downtrodden workers; Dominican immigrant Oscar de la Renta, who dressed first ladies from Jackie Kennedy to Michelle Obama. “A masterful achievement, City of Dreams is the definitive account of the American ori
And in these times of so much divisiveness and xenophobia, a necessary book, too. Bold, exhaustive, always surprising, Anbinder’s book is a wonderful reminder of how we came to be who we are.” —TIMOTHY EGAN, author of The Immortal Irishman “At last! A history of New York’s immigrant experience from Peter Minuit right up to the present day, meticulously researched and wonderfully well-written. Tyler Anbinder reminds us that the dreams that brought my Dominican family to Nueva York are the very bedrock and foundation of this country.” —JULIA ALVAREZ, au