migrations

Documents the story of how millions of Jewish immigrants entered the United States through New York's Lower East Side from 1880 to 1920, describing their struggles against poverty and their influence upon American society and culture.

Documents the author's decade-long search for identity and a place of belonging as inspired by African-American and Jewish history as well as the exoduses of black communities that left ancestral homes in search of "promised lands.".

Tells of the movement of Hispanic Americans from farms to cities during the 20th century.

Recounts the experiences of Jewish children who migrated to America throughout the twentieth century, describing how they adapted to their new life and why they were forced to move.

Provides a brief history of slavery in the United States, and discusses the migration of African-Americans to other parts of the country after the Civil War.

Explores the early migration of Native Americans and includes information about the formation of the United States, the Cherokee Nation and the Trail of Tears, Battle of Little Bighorn, and Indian reservations.

Discusses the historical reasons for the Jewish migration to America in the nineteenth and early twentieth century and the accompanying problems of the journey and their adjustment here in the face of prejudice and intolerable living and working conditions.

Presents an illustrated history of the first North American civilizations including the Cahokia, Anasazi, Hopewell, and Moundbuilders, and describes their culture, religion, society through archaeological evidence.

Presents the history of Jewish immigration to the U.S. beginning with the early colonial period, the mass influx of Jewish immigrants during the mid-nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the Holocaust, and post-war migration.