Emigration category: 2215 books
by A. Adu Boahen
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2011
In this book, one of the pioneers of twentieth century African history examines the perceptions and responses of Africans to European colonialism of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. This edition of Boahen's text, originally published in 1989, is contextualized in a new foreword by...
Mayflower
A Story of Courage, Community, and War
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2006
**"Vivid and remarkably fresh...Philbrick has recast the Pilgrims for the ages."--**The New York Times Book Review
Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in History
New York Times Book Review Top Ten books of the Year
How did America begin? That simple question launches the acclaimed...
Born Fighting
How the Scots-Irish Shaped America
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2005
In his first work of nonfiction, bestselling novelist James Webb tells the epic story of the Scots-Irish, a people whose lives and worldview were dictated by resistance, conflict, and struggle, and who, in turn, profoundly influenced the social, political, and cultural landscape of America from its...
Savage Continent
Europe in the Aftermath of World War II
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2012
The Second World War might have officially ended in May 1945, but in reality it rumbled on for another ten years...
The end of the Second World War in Europe is one of the twentieth century's most iconic moments. It is fondly remembered as a time when cheering crowds filled the streets, danced,...
by David A. Gerber
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2011
Americans have come from every corner of the globe, and they have been brought together by a variety of historical processes--conquest, colonialism, the slave trade, territorial acquisition, and voluntary immigration. A thoughtful look at immigration, anti-immigration sentiments, and the motivations...
Undocumented
A Dominican Boy's Odyssey from a Homeless Shelter to the Ivy League
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2015
An undocumented immigrant’s journey from a New York City homeless shelter to the top of his Princeton class
Dan-el Padilla Peralta has lived the American dream. As a boy, he came here legally with his family. Together they left Santo Domingo behind, but life in New York City was harder than...
The Gift of a Bride
A Tale of Anthropology, Matrimony and Murder
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2009
This ethnographically based murder mystery is set within New York City's Indian community. A young Indian woman's arranged marriage brings her to the city to join her husband shortly after her wedding. The plot unfolds as the couple copes with joint family living, sexual and financial issues, and...
Darkness before Daybreak
African Migrants Living on the Margins in Southern Italy Today
Language: English
Release Date: December 26, 2011
This riveting book chronicles the lives of a group of fishermen from Ghana who took the long and dangerous journey to Southern Italy in search of work in a cutthroat underground economy. A story that illuminates the nature of high-risk migration around the world, Darkness before Daybreak reveals the...
Humanitarian Reason
A Moral History of the Present
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2011
In the face of the world’s disorders, moral concerns have provided a powerful ground for developing international as well as local policies. Didier Fassin draws on case materials from France, South Africa, Venezuela, and Palestine to explore the meaning of humanitarianism in the contexts of immigration...
The Shadow Catcher
A U.S. Agent Infiltrates Mexico's Deadly Crime Cartels
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2012
Living under an assumed identity and risking his life were all in a day’s work for U.S. Government Agent Hipolito Acosta. He worked regularly in high-stakes undercover operations infiltrating Mexico’s murderous immigrant smuggling rings and drug cartels.
Acosta’s investigations are legendary,...
Barrio Boy
40th Anniversary Edition
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2014
Barrio Boy is the remarkable story of one boy's journey from a Mexican village so small its main street didn't have a name, to the barrio of Sacramento, California, bustling and thriving in the early decades of the twentieth century. With vivid imagery and a rare gift for re-creating a child's sense...
Enrique's Journey
The Story of a Boy's Dangerous Odyssey to Reunite with His Mother
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2007
An astonishing story that puts a human face on the ongoing debate about immigration reform in the United States, now updated with a new Epilogue and Afterword, photos of Enrique and his family, an author interview, and more—the definitive edition of a classic of contemporary America
Based...
Outcasts United
An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2009
BONUS: This edition contains a reader's guide.
The extraordinary tale of a refugee youth soccer team and the transformation of a small American town
Clarkston, Georgia, was a typical Southern town until it was designated a refugee settlement center in the 1990s, becoming the first American...
The Land of Open Graves
Living and Dying on the Migrant Trail
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2015
In his gripping and provocative debut, anthropologist Jason De León sheds light on one of the most pressing political issues of our time—the human consequences of US immigration policy. The Land of Open Graves reveals the suffering and deaths that occur daily in the Sonoran Desert of Arizona as...