Immigrant Women

By Elizabeth Ewen

Book Overview

At the turn of the century, millions of European women set sail with their families for the United States. Behind them stood a world of peasant agriculture and small town life. Ahead lay the concrete metropolis, swept by the winds of industrial development. Immigrant Women in the Land of Dollars tells the story of the Jewish and Italian women who came to inhabit New York's Lower East Side during this period of massive migration. By looking at two generations--mothers born in the Old World, and daughters born in the new--and making extensive use of oral histories, Elizabeth Ewen presents the compelling tale of a metamorphosis in life and in perception.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0853456828
• ISBN13: 9780853456827
• Release Date: January 1985
• Publisher: Monthly Review Press
• Length: 303 Pages
• Weight: 0.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

Superb book!!

I read this book while I was doing a research paper on immigrant women and their experiences in America and I was quite impressed by the amount of information it has. Unlike some books on this subject I've read, it has a nice flow to it and it reads well. I really liked the way the author organized it because it follows the immigrant women from the old country to America and very nicely describes their transition into Americans and the struggles they faced while doing this. I would recommend it to anyone who is interested in this subject.