{"title":"U.S. Immigrant History","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"lower-east-side-memories","title":"Lower East Side Memories","description":"\u003cp\u003eManhattan's Lower East Side stands for Jewish experience in America. With the possible exception of African-Americans and Harlem, no ethnic group has been so thoroughly understood and imagined through a particular chunk of space. Despite the fact that most American Jews have never set foot there--and many come from families that did not immigrate through New York much less reside on Hester or Delancey Street--the Lower East Side is firm in their collective memory. Whether they have been there or not, people reminisce about the Lower East Side as the place where life pulsated, bread tasted better, relationships were richer, tradition thrived, and passions flared.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis was not always so. During the years now fondly recalled (1880-1930), the neighborhood was only occasionally called the Lower East Side. Though largely populated by Jews from Eastern Europe, it was not ethnically or even religiously homogenous. The tenements, grinding poverty, sweatshops, and packs of roaming children were considered the stuff of social work, not nostalgia and romance. To learn when and why this dark warren of pushcart-lined streets became an icon, Hasia Diner follows a wide trail of high and popular culture. She examines children's stories, novels, movies, museum exhibits, television shows, summer-camp reenactments, walking tours, consumer catalogues, and photos hung on deli walls far from Manhattan.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDiner finds that it was after World War II when the Lower East Side was enshrined as the place through which Jews passed from European oppression to the promised land of America. The space became sacred at a time when Jews were simultaneously absorbing the enormity of the Holocaust and finding acceptance and opportunity in an increasingly liberal United States. Particularly after 1960, the Lower East Side gave often secularized and suburban Jews a biblical, yet distinctly American story about who they were and how they got here.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDisplaying the author's own fondness for the Lower East Side of story books, combined with a commitment to historical truth, Lower East Side Memories is an insightful account of one of our most famous neighborhoods and its power to shape identity., ISBN13: 9780691007472 ISBN10: 0691007470 Material Type: hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CheapBookDepot","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46124543901859,"sku":"NC-STR_UBD_H0000NP4","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0607\/9227\/5107\/files\/91hzhGIixdL.jpg?v=1754811939"},{"product_id":"who-are-we-the-challenges-to-americas-national-identity","title":"Who Are We?: The Challenges to America's National Identity","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn his seminal work The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order, Samuel Huntington argued provocatively and presciently that with the end of the cold war, “civilizations” were replacing ideologies as the new fault lines in international politics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNow in his controversial new work, Who Are We?, Huntington focuses on an identity crisis closer to home as he examines the impact other civilizations and their values are having on our own country.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAmerica was founded by British settlers who brought with them a distinct culture, says Huntington, including the English language, Protestant values, individualism, religious commitment, and respect for law. The waves of immigrants that later came to the United States gradually accepted these values and assimilated into America's Anglo-Protestant culture. More recently, however, our national identity has been eroded by the problems of assimilating massive numbers of primarily Hispanic immigrants and challenged by issues such as bilingualism, multiculturalism, the devaluation of citizenship, and the “denationalization” of American elites.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSeptember 11 brought a revival of American patriotism and a renewal of American identity, but already there are signs that this revival is fading. Huntington argues the need for us to reassert the core values that make us Americans. Timely and thought-provoking, Who Are We? is an important book that is certain to shape our national conversation about who we are., ISBN13: 9780684870540 ISBN10: 0684870541 Material Type: paperback\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CheapBookDepot","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46124561531043,"sku":"S_05-16-25_H0000EMA","price":18.62,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0607\/9227\/5107\/files\/71-Y9FTt2aL.jpg?v=1754813058"},{"product_id":"the-jews-in-america-the-roots-and-destiny-of-american-jews","title":"The Jews in America: The Roots and Destiny of American Jews","description":"\u003cp\u003eJoin renowned historian, Max I. Dimont in his exploration of the history and roots of Judaism in THE JEWS IN AMERICA. He investigates many provocative subjects such as:\u003cbr\u003e\n-The Transformation of the British Anglicans into Hebraic Puritan\u003cbr\u003e\n-The Rise and Fall of German Scientific Judaism\u003cbr\u003e\n-The Tidal Waves of Russian Immigration (1880-1940)\u003cbr\u003e\n-The Romantic Revolution\u003cbr\u003e\n-The Great Awakening\u003cbr\u003e\n-The Shaping of Modern Judaism\u003cbr\u003e\n-Jews, God, and Destiny, ISBN13: 9780671242671 ISBN10: 0671242679 Material Type: hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CheapBookDepot","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46124600557731,"sku":"A-STR_UBD_H0000VQ7","price":10.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0607\/9227\/5107\/files\/81o4Rd3sRbL.jpg?v=1754814815"},{"product_id":"strangers-from-a-different-shore-a-history-of-asian-americans-updated-and-revised-edition","title":"Strangers from a Different Shore: A History of Asian Americans, Updated and Revised Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003eA powerful and moving history of Asian Americans that spans centuries, from the acclaimed author of A Different Mirror.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn an extraordinary blend of narrative history, personal recollection, and oral testimony, the author presents a sweeping history of Asian Americans. He writes of the Chinese who laid tracks for the transcontinental railroad, of plantation laborers in the canefields of Hawaii, of \"picture brides\" marrying strangers in the hope of becoming part of the American dream. He tells stories of Japanese Americans behind the barbed wire of U.S. internment camps during World War II, Hmong refugees tragically unable to adjust to Wisconsin's alien climate and culture, and Asian American students stigmatized by the stereotype of the \"model minority.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a powerful and moving work that will resonate for all Americans, who together make up a nation of immigrants from other shores., ISBN13: 9780316831307 ISBN10: 0316831301 Material Type: paperback\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CheapBookDepot","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46124670582947,"sku":"TN_STR_UBD_H0000WNG","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0607\/9227\/5107\/files\/71Ffst2k9dL.jpg?v=1754818351"},{"product_id":"tn_str_ubd_h0000tyt","title":"The Perils of Prosperity, 1914-1932, 2nd Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003eBeginning with Woodrow Wilson and U.S. entry into World War I and closing with the Great Depression, The Perils of Prosperity traces the transformation of America from an agrarian, moralistic, isolationist nation into a liberal, industrialized power involved in foreign affairs in spite of itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWilliam E. Leuchtenburg's lively yet balanced account of this hotly debated era in American history has been a standard text for many years. This substantial revision gives greater weight to the roles of women and minorities in the great changes of the era and adds new insights into literature, the arts, and technology in daily life. He has also updated the lists of important dates and resources for further reading.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e“This book gives us a rare opportunity to enjoy the matured interpretation of an American Historian who has returned to the story and seen how recent decades have added meaning and vividness to this epoch of our history.”—Daniel J. Boorstin, from the Preface, ISBN13: 9780226473710 ISBN10: 0226473716 Material Type: paperback\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CheapBookDepot","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46124696797347,"sku":"TN_STR_UBD_H0000TYT","price":10.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0607\/9227\/5107\/files\/61ZuEYhLfnL.jpg?v=1754819394"},{"product_id":"a_05-30-25_h0000g8u","title":"The Jews in America: The Roots and Destiny of American Jews","description":"\u003cp\u003eJoin renowned historian, Max I. Dimont in his exploration of the history and roots of Judaism in THE JEWS IN AMERICA. He investigates many provocative subjects such as:\u003cbr\u003e\n-The Transformation of the British Anglicans into Hebraic Puritan\u003cbr\u003e\n-The Rise and Fall of German Scientific Judaism\u003cbr\u003e\n-The Tidal Waves of Russian Immigration (1880-1940)\u003cbr\u003e\n-The Romantic Revolution\u003cbr\u003e\n-The Great Awakening\u003cbr\u003e\n-The Shaping of Modern Judaism\u003cbr\u003e\n-Jews, God, and Destiny, ISBN13: 9780671242671 ISBN10: 0671242679 Material Type: hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CheapBookDepot","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46124750864547,"sku":"A_05-30-25_H0000G8U","price":10.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0607\/9227\/5107\/files\/81o4Rd3sRbL_330c6976-8c72-42fd-a919-80e88d6ec93f.jpg?v=1754822677"},{"product_id":"quiet-odyssey-a-pioneer-korean-woman-in-america-a-samuel-and-althea-stroum-book","title":"Quiet Odyssey: A Pioneer Korean Woman in America (A Samuel and Althea Stroum Book)","description":"\u003cp\u003eMary Paik Lee, born Paik Kuang Sun in 1900, left her native country in 1905, traveling with her parents as a political refugee after Japan imposed control over Korea at the close of the Russo-Japanese War. Her father labored in the sugar plantations of Hawaii for a year and a half before taking his family to California, where Mrs. Lee has lived ever since. Though her father knew the comforts enjoyed by the educated traditional elite in Korea, after emigration he and his family shared the poverty stricken existence endured by thousands of Asian immigrants in early twentieth century America. Mrs. Lee’s parents earned their living as farm laborers, tenant farmers, cooks, and janitors, and the family always took in laundry. Her father tried mercury mining until his health gave out. In their turn, Mrs. Lee and her husband farmed, sold produce, and managed apartment buildings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe author is engagingly outspoken and is extremely observant of her social and natural surroundings. Recounted incidents take on memorable life, as do the sharply etched settings of California’s agricultural and mining country. She tells of singular hardship surmounted with resilience and characteristic grace. During much of her life Asian Americans were not treated as full human beings, yet she kept a powerful vision of what the United States could be., ISBN13: 9780295969695 ISBN10: 0295969695 Material Type: paperback\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CheapBookDepot","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46126574698659,"sku":"P.30.4 F_05-21-25_H0000G2N","price":20.66,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0607\/9227\/5107\/files\/61ei5OEQ7RL.jpg?v=1754894350"},{"product_id":"97-orchard-an-edible-history-of-five-immigrant-families-in-one-new-york-tenement","title":"97 Orchard: An Edible History of Five Immigrant Families in One New York Tenement","description":"\u003cp\u003e“Social history is, most elementally, food history. Jane Ziegelman had the great idea to zero in on one Lower East Side tenement building, and through it she has crafted a unique and aromatic narrative of New York’s immigrant culture: with bread in the oven, steam rising from pots, and the family gathering round.” — Russell Shorto, author of The Island at the Center of the World\u003cbr\u003e\n97 Orchard is a richly detailed investigation of the lives and culinary habits—shopping, cooking, and eating—of five families of various ethnicities living at the turn of the twentieth century in one tenement on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. With 40 recipes included, 97 Orchard is perfect for fans of Rachel Ray’s Hometown Eats; anyone interested in the history of how immigrant food became American food; and “foodies” of every stripe., ISBN13: 9780061288517 ISBN10: 0061288519 Material Type: paperback\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CheapBookDepot","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46126713700515,"sku":"TN_STR_H00009G5","price":11.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0607\/9227\/5107\/files\/713fWPww8vL.jpg?v=1754899573"}],"url":"https:\/\/usedbookdepot.com\/collections\/u-s-immigrant-history.oembed","provider":"Used Book Depot","version":"1.0","type":"link"}