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Becoming Americans : four centuries of immigrant writing /

Comprised mostly of memoirs with some fiction, this volume gathers selections from the writings of 85 immigrants from 45 countries that illustrate the changing views of immigrants in the United States.

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Corporate Author: Library of America (Firm)
Contributors: Stavans, Ilan, (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Library of America : Distributed to the trade by Penguin Group, ©2009.
Series:Library of America
Subjects and Genres:
Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer > Bitterfeld
Immigrants' writings, American.
Immigrants' writings, American > History and criticism.
Emigration and immigration > Literary collections.
Immigrants > Literary collections.
Écrits d'immigrants américains.
Écrits d'immigrants américains > Histoire et critique.
Émigration et immigration > Anthologies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration.
Emigration and immigration.
Immigrants.
Migrantenliteratur
Einwanderung > Motiv
Literatur
Einwanderung
American literature > Immigrant literature > Anthologies.
Immigrants' writings.
Immigrants' writings > History and criticism.
Immigration and emigration > Literary collections.
USA.
Autobiography
Fictional Work
Anthologie.
Autobiographies.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Fiction.
Literary collections.
Romans.
Quelle.
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504 |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 707-717) and index. 
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