United States - Emigration and immigration
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Somewhere in the Unknown World: A Collective Refugee Memoir
$18.99 Add to cartFrom “an exceptional storyteller,” Somewhere in the Unknown World is a collection of powerful stories of refugees who have found new lives in Minnesota’s Twin Cities, told by the award-winning author
- Author: Yang, Kao Kalia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: November 10 2020
- ISBN10: 1250296854
- Language: English
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Milked: How an American Crisis Brought Together Midwestern Dairy Farmers and Mexican Workers
$31.48 Add to cartA compelling portrayal by the veteran journalist of the lives of farming communities on either side of the U.S.-Mexico border and the surprising connections between them
“Conniff brings her skills and- Author: Conniff, Ruth
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: July 12 2022
- ISBN10: 1620976374
- Language: English
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In the Shadow of Liberty: The Invisible History of Immigrant Detention in the United States
$32.00 Add to cartA probing work of narrative history that reveals the hidden story of immigrant detention in the United States, deepening urgent national conversations around migration.
In 2018, many Americans watched- Author: Minian, Ana Raquel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: April 16 2024
- ISBN10: 0593654250
- Language: English
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We Are Home: Becoming American in the 21st Century: An Oral History
$32.00 Add to cartFrom a veteran broadcaster and historian comes a richly reported portrait of the newest Americans, immigrants from all over the globe who are living all across the country, filled with their own voice
- Author: Suarez, Ray
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: April 23 2024
- ISBN10: 0316353760
- Language: English
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Nadie Es Ilegal: La Lucha Contra El Racismo Y La Violencia de Estado En La Frontera Entre México Y Estados Unidos
$24.95 Add to cartEn Nadie es ilegal, los eruditos-activistas Mike Davis y Justin Akers exponen el racismo de los vigilantes anti-inmigraciones y dan un rostro humano a los inmigrantes que arriesgan sus vidas cada dÃa… [more below]
- Author: Akers Chacón, Justin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 462
- Publish Date: August 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1642599182
- Language: Spanish
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La Búsqueda de Un Sueño (a Dream Called Home Spanish Edition): Una AutobiografÃa
$18.99 Add to cartLa extraordinaria historia de Reyna Grande–que comenzó en su exitosa autobiografÃa La distancia entre nosotros–continúa ahora en esta fabulosa travesÃa para encontrar su lugar en los Estados Uni… [more below]
- Series: Atria Espanol
- Author: Grande, Reyna
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: October 30 2018
- ISBN10: 1501172077
- Language: Spanish
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My City Was a Sparkling Jewel: Voices of Newcomer Youth from Afghanistan
$24.99 Read moreUsing a trauma-informed approach to gathering stories, this unique collection of 19 stories illuminates the range of challenges and successes met by the latest generation of displaced peoples from Afg… [more below]
- Author: Rozman, Tea
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 180
- Publish Date: September 12 2023
- ISBN10: 1949523284
- Language: English
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Unto a Good Land: The Emigrant Novels: Book II
$27.95 Add to cartConsidered one of Sweden’s greatest 20th-century writers, Vilhelm Moberg created the characters Karl Oskar and Kristina Nilsson to portray the joys and tragedies of daily life for early Swedish immigr… [more below]
- Series: Emigrant Novels #02
- Author: Moberg, Vilhelm
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 402
- Publish Date: September 15 1995
- ISBN10: 0873513207
- Language: English
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Made in Asian America: A History for Young People
$19.99 Add to cartFrom three-time Newbery Honoree Christina Soontornvat and award-winning historian Erika Lee comes a middle grade nonfiction that shines a light on the generations of Asian Americans who have transform
- Author: Lee, Erika
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: April 30 2024
- ISBN10: 0063242931
- Language: English
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La Cosecha del Imperio. Historia de Los Latinos En Estados Unidos / Harvest of E Mpire
$21.95 Add to cartUna historia arrolladora, cuidadosamente revisada y actualizada, de la experiencia latina en Estados Unidos.
Es la primera reedici?n en diez a?os de este importante estudio sobre los latinos en la hi- Author: Gonzalez, Juan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 704
- Publish Date: November 22 2022
- ISBN10: 0593081552
- Language: Spanish
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America for Americans: A History of Xenophobia in the United States
$21.99 Add to cartThis definitive history of American xenophobia is “essential reading for anyone who wants to build a more inclusive society” (Ibram X. Kendi, New York Times-bestselling author of How to Be an Antiraci… [more below]
- Author: Lee, Erika
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: June 15 2021
- ISBN10: 1541672615
- Language: English
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The Snakehead: An Epic Tale of the Chinatown Underworld and the American Dream
$19.00 Add to cartIn this thrilling panorama of real-life events, the bestselling author of Empire of Pain investigates a secret world run by a surprising criminal: a charismatic middle-aged grandmother, who from a tin… [more below]
- Author: Keefe, Patrick Radden
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: July 27 2010
- ISBN10: 0307279278
- Language: English
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The Abandonment of the Jews: America and the Holocaust 1941-1945
$39.65 Add to cartThe Abandonment of the Jews received enormous critical and commercial attention when it was first released in 1984, appearing on the New York Times bestseller list for five weeks as well as on its Bes
- Author: Wyman, David S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 458
- Publish Date: April 01 2007
- ISBN10: 159558174X
- Language: English
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American Immigration: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartAn updated, penetrating, and balanced analysis of one of the most contentious issues in America today, offering a historically informed portrait of immigration.
Americans have come from every corner of… [more below]- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Gerber, David A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: March 29 2021
- ISBN10: 0197542425
- Language: English
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Where Butterflies Fill the Sky: A Story of Immigration, Family, and Finding Home
$18.99 Read moreA New York Times/New York Public Library Best Illustrated Children’s Book
One of NPR’s Best Books of 2022
Chicago Public Library’s Best of the Best Informational Books for Younger Readers of 2022
A Schoo- Author: Marwan, Zahra
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: March 29 2022
- ISBN10: 1547606517
- Language: English
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Coming to America: The Story of Immigration
$17.99 Add to cartThousands of years ago, the first people to arrive on American soil traveled across a land bridge from Asia to what is now Alaska. Millions of people were already settled when Christopher Columbus “re… [more below]
- Author: Maestro, Betsy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: February 1, 1996
- ISBN10: 0590441515
- Language: English
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Streets of Gold: America’s Untold Story of Immigrant Success
$29.00 Read moreForbes, Best Business Books of 2022
The facts, not the fiction, of America’s immigration experience Immigration is one of the most fraught, and possibly m
Behavioral Scientist, Notable Books of 2022- Author: Abramitzky, Ran
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: May 31, 2022
- ISBN10: 1541797833
- Language: English
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Ellis Island (a True Book: American History)
$6.95 Read moreLearn why immigrants came to the United States and the establishment of Ellis Island Immigration Station.
A True Book: American History series allows readers to experience the earliest moments in Ameri… [more below]
- Series: A True Book: American History
- Author: Landau, Elaine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: March 01 2008
- ISBN10: 0531147819
- Language: English
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The Land of Open Graves: Living and Dying on the Migrant Trail Volume 36
$37.43 Add to cartIn this gripping and provocative “ethnography of death,” anthropologist and MacArthur “Genius” Fellow Jason De Le n sheds light on one of the most pressing political issues of our time–the human cons… [more below]
- Series: California Public Anthropology #36
- Author: de Leon, Jason
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: October 23 2015
- ISBN10: 520282752
- Language: English
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A Dream Called Home: A Memoir
$18.99 Add to cart“Here is a life story so unbelievable, it could only be true.” –Sandra Cisneros, bestselling author of The House on Mango Street
From bestselling author of the remarkable memoir The Distance Between- Author: Grande, Reyna
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: July 02, 2019
- ISBN10: 1501171437
- Language: English
