Immigration

A Supplemental Research Guide for the 2011 Common Reader:

Crossing Into America: The New Literature of Immigration

Allen, Leslie. Liberty: the Statue and the American Dream
JV6450 .A565 1985

Bahrampour, Tara. To See and See Again: A Life in Iran and America
E184.I5 B35 2000

Chin, Frank. Bulletproof Buddhists and Other Essays
E184.C5 C473 1998

Chock, Eric (editor) The Best of Honolulu Fiction: Stories from the Honolulu Magazine Fiction Contest
PS648.H3 B47 1999

Cisneros, Sandra. The House on Mango Street
PS3553.I78 H6 1991

Coan, Peter M. Ellis Island Interviews: in their Own Words
JV6455 .C53 1997

Codrescu, Andrei. Alien Candor: Selected Poems 1970-1995
PS3553.3A78 1996

Corsi, Edward. In the Shadow of Liberty
JV6483 .C6 1969

Daniels, Roger. Coming to America: a History of Immigration and Ethnicity in American Life
E184.A1.D261990

Danquah, Meri Nana-Ama (editor) Becoming American: Personal Essays by First Generation Immigrant Women
E184.A1.B288 2000

Dassanowsky, Robert Von (editor) Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America
E184.A1.G142000 Reference Room

Dinnerstein, Leonard. Ethnic Americans: a History of Immigration
E184.A1 D48 1988

Elovitz, Paul H. (editor) Immigrant Experiences: Personal Narrative and Psychological Analysis
JV6455 .I53 1997

Espada, Matín. Zapata’s Disciple: Essays
PS3555.S53.Z36 1998

Foner, Nancy. From Ellis Island to JFK: New York’s Two Great Waves of Immigration
JV7048 .F65 2000

Gabaccia, Donna R. From the Other Side: Women, Gender, and Immigrant Life in the U.S., 1820-1990
JV6601.W7 G33 1994

Hagedorn, Jessica. The Gangster of Love
PS3558.A3228 G36 1997

Handlin, Oscar. A Pictorial History of Immigration
JV6450 .H34 1972

Hayden, Richard Seth. Restoring the Statue of Liberty: Sculpture, Structure, Symbol
F128.64.L6 H38 1986

Jones, Maldwyn Allen. Destination America
JV6450 .J62 1976

Kelson, Gregory A. and DeLaet, Debra L. (editors) Gender and Immigration
JV6347.G46 1999

Kincaid, Jamaica. Lucy
PR9275.A583 L83 1991

Lee, Chang-Rae. Native Speaker
PS3562.E3347N38 1996

Lubove, Roy. The Progressives and the Slums: Tenement House Reform in New York City, 1890-1917
HD7304.N5 L8

McCourt, Frank. Angela’s Ashes: a Memoir
E184.I6 M117 1996

Mendoza, Louis & Shakar, S. (editors) Crossing into America: The New Literature of Immigration
PS508.I45.C762003

Nixon, Rob. Dream Birds
SF511.3.S6N58 2001

Pérez, Ramón. Diary of an Undocumented Immigrant
HD8081.M6P4713 1991 

Portes, Alejandro. Legacies: the Story of the Immigrant Second Generation
JV6471 .P67 2001

Reimers, David M. Unwelcome Strangers: American Identity and the Turn Against Immigration
JV6483 .R45 1998

Riis, Jacob A. Children of the Tenements
PS3535.I654 C4 1970

Riis, Jacob A. How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New York
HV4046.N6 R58 1971

Rodriguez, Richard. Hunger of Memory 
PE1066 R65 

Sáenz, Benjamin Alire. Dreaming the End of War
PS3569.A27D74 2006

Schor, Esther. Emma Lazarus 
PS2234.S36 2006 

 
Seshadri, Vijay. Wild Kingdom
PS3569.E747 W55 1996

Severn, Bill. Ellis Island: the Immigrant Years
JV6483 .S49 

Shankar, S. A Map of Where I Live
PS3569.H332614 M37 1997

Skenazy, Paul and Martin, Tera (editors) Conversations with Maxine Hong Kingston
PS3561.I52Z466 1998

Tichenor, Daniel J. Dividing Lines: the Politics of Immigration Control in America
JV6483 .T494 2002

Viramontes, Helena Maria. The Moths and Other Stories
PS3572.I63M6 1995

Waldinger, Roger (editor) Strangers at the Gates: New Immigrants in Urban America
JV6475 .S77 2001

Yans-McLaughlin, Virginia. Ellis Island and the Peopling of America: the Official Guide
JV6484 .Y35 1997

Yans-McLaughlin, Virginia. (editor) Immigration Reconsidered: History, Sociology, and Politics
JV6450 .I57 1990

E-Books are available via the following options:

ebrary platform

Gale Virtual Reference Library

Online Catalog Searches - Recommended Library of Congress Subject Headings.

Assimilation (Sociology)

Ellis Island Immigration Station (New York, N.Y.)

Ethnology --United States.

Immigrants --United States --Economic conditions.

Immigrants --United States --Public opinion.

Immigrants --United States --Social conditions.

Minorities --United States --History.

Progressivism (United States politics)

Slums --New York (N.Y.)

Tenement-houses --New York (N.Y.)

United States --Emigration and immigration.

United States --Emigration and immigration --Government policy.

United States --Emigration and immigration --Government policy --History.

United States --Emigration and immigration --History.

United States --Emigration and immigration --History --Pictorial works.

United States --Emigration and immigration --Public opinion.

Biographies Plus Illustrated (HWWilson)

Humanities International Complete (EBSCO)

ABA Commission on Immigration  The Commission directs the Association’s efforts to ensure fair treatment and full due process rights for immigrants and refugees within the United States.

American Friends Service Committee  Organization that includes people of  various faiths who are committed to social justice, peace and humanitarian service. Amy Gottlieb, who spoke on immigration issues at the Common Reading Event, works for this organization.

Amnesty International  Its mission is to conduct research and generate action to prevent and end grave abuses of human rights and to demand justice for those whose rights have been violated.

Ancestry.com  Largest online resource for family history documents and family trees.

The Atlantic Monthly: Immigration Articles 

Center for Immigration Studies Focuses on legal and illegal immigration issues.

Ellis Island National Monument  National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior.

The Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR)  A national, nonprofit, public-interest, membership organization comprised of concerned citizens.

Immigration History Research Center: University of Minnesota  Founded in 1965, the IHRC promotes research on international migration with a special emphasis on immigrant and refugee life in the U.S.

"A Memorial Remembers the Hungry"  New York Times article written by Roberta Smith that discusses the opening and significance of the Irish Hunger Memorial in New York.

National Immigration Forum Established in 1982, the National Immigration Forum is the leading immigrant advocacy organization in the country with a mission to advocate for the value of immigrants and immigration to the nation.

Statue of Liberty National Monument  National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior.

Tenement Museum  A New York City Museum that tells the stories of immigrants who lived in 97 Orchard Street, a tenement built in 1863 on Manhattan's Lower East Side.

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees  The agency is mandated to lead and co-ordinate international action to protect refugees and resolve refugee problems worldwide. Its primary purpose is to safeguard the rights and well-being of refugees.

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services  Immigration and Nationality Act.

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