Krull takes an in-depth historical look at immigration in America--with stories of some of the immigrants who helped build this country. She explains that America is a nation of immigrants. People have come to the United States from around the world seeking a better life and more opportunities, and our country would not be what it is today without their contributions. From writers like Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, to scientists like Albert Einstein,...

Una historia arrolladora, cuidadosamente revisada y actualizada, de la experiencia latina en Estados Unidos. Es la primera reedición en diez años de este importante estudio sobre los latinos en la historia de Estados Unidos. La cosecha del imperio cubre un periodo de cinco siglos, desde las primeras colonias en el Nuevo Mundo, hasta la primera década del nuevo milenio. Hoy en dia, los latinos representan el grupo minoritario más grande en Estados...

A mandate by the League of Nations in 1920 gave England reign over Palestine. Jews from around the world had moved to Palestine in mass migration waves in 1882, 1904, 1919, 1924, and 1933. At the end of World War II, the United Nations (UN) proposed to divide Palestine into two countries; one for the Arabs and one for the Jews although this plan was rejected by the Arabs. When the British mandate expired in 1948, the Jewish community in Palestine...

"A sweeping history of the legislative battle to reform American immigration laws that set the stage for the immigration debates roiling America today. The idea of the United States as a nation of immigrants is today so pervasive, and seems so foundational, that it can be hard to believe Americans ever thought otherwise. But a 1924 law passed by Congress instituted a system of ethnic quotas so stringent that it choked off large-scale immigration for...

A Jewish-Russian mouse lands in New York in the 1880s. The courageous young Fievel braves the perils and wonders of a strange new world in a thrilling quest to find his family.

The life and work of Junot Díaz contains many worlds. His books - including National Book Award finalist This Is How You Lose Her and Pulitzer Prize winner The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao - journey between the old and the new and between the America that was and the America we're becoming. Born in the Dominican Republic but raised in New Jersey and American to the core, Junot Díaz is a spotter of the future, a curator of the past, a man of...

Their names were linked to the two most powerful men during the Civil War. Their lives were both controversial and often times misunderstood, yet never before in American history were there two first ladies. This is the story of Mary Todd Lincoln, wife of the President of the United States, and Varina Davis, wife of the President of the Confederate States of America. Although they were two women from rival governments, they led parallel lives, struggling...