American Passage: The History of Ellis Island (Hardcover) by Vincent J Cannato

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Immigration Policy Examined In this book, Vincent J. Cannato explores Ellis Island as the America's famous entry-point during the age of immigration at the turn of the twentieth century. Immigration is crucial to the development of America as a nation, yet the history of public policy and the pol...

from bruchu

Immigration Policy Examined In this book, Vincent J. Cannato explores Ellis Island as the America's famous entry-point during the age of immigration at the turn of the twentieth century. Immigration is crucial to the development of America as a nation, yet the history of public policy and the pol...

from pokarekareana

Vincent Cannato, descendant of Italian immigrants who passed through the notorious immigration station in New York, traces the history of the site through the nineteenth and early twentieth century. I visited Ellis Island twice as a child, but was never able to imagine what it must have been like...

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American Passage offers a comprehensive history of Ellis Island from the 1890s to today.  Cannato's thesis is that the history of Ellis Island as an immigration inspection station parallels the history of American attempts to restrict immigration.  Prior to Ellis Island opening in 1892, there had...

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For anyone who has ancestors who came through Ellis Island, this is book that will shed light on the difficulties that were presented to them. Until 1920, just about all white immigrants were allowed to enter the USA without visas, without medical checks, and without criminal checks. There were n...