The Resource Destination America, Chuck Wills ; accompanies the television series by David Grubin
Destination America, Chuck Wills ; accompanies the television series by David Grubin
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The item Destination America, Chuck Wills ; accompanies the television series by David Grubin represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Mid-Continent Public Library.
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- Summary
- Whether escaping religious persecution, political oppression, the violence of war, or looking to further their economic standing, immigrants have come to America. This detailed look at why immigrants leave their homelands, how they travel to America, and what they do once they arrive, includes personal accounts, letters, diaries, photographs and other ephemera; features statistics, maps and charts covering over 40 immigrant groups.--From publisher description
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 300 pages
- Contents
-
- Spanish Settlers
- Indentured Servants
- 138
- Scotch-Irish, Scots, and Welsh
- 140
- Irish
- 144
- Feature: Gold Rushes
- 146
- Germans
- 148
- 20
- Scandinavians
- 150
- Feature: Jacob Riis's Photography
- 152
- Chinese
- 154
- Feature: Organized Crime
- 158
- Japanese
- 160
- French Settlers
- Feature: Building the Railroads
- 162
- Italians
- 164
- Feature: Land Rushes
- 168
- Mexicans
- 170
- Caribbeans
- 174
- 22
- South Asians and Middle Easterners
- 180
- Filipinos
- 182
- Koreans
- 184
- Post-Glasnot Immigrants
- 186
- Freedom from Fear
- 188
- Feature: The Lost Colony
- A Century of Genocide
- 190
- Refugees
- 192
- Acadians
- 194
- Armenians
- 196
- Russian Jews
- 198
- 24
- Holocaust Jews
- 200
- Feature: The Manhattan Project
- 206
- Soviets
- 208
- Vietnamese
- 212
- Laotians and Cambodians
- 216
- English Settlers
- Hmong
- 220
- Haitians
- 222
- Africans
- 226
- Balkan Refugees
- 232
- Freedom to Create
- 234
- 26
- Art of Departure
- 236
- Scientists
- 238
- Feature: The Space Race
- 240
- Psychoanalysts
- 242
- Writers
- 246
- Dutch and Swedish Settlers
- Photojournalists
- 250
- Visual Artists
- 252
- Feature: Abstract Expressionism
- 256
- Architects
- 258
- Musicians
- 262
- 30
- Dancers
- 268
- Theater
- 270
- Movies
- 272
- Freedom for Women: Hollywood Sirens
- 277
- Athletes
- 278
- Settling America
- Feature: Slavery and the Triangle Trade
- Gazetteer
- 282
- 32
- Thirteen Colonies
- 34
- Revolutionary War
- 36
- Westward Expansion
- 40
- Feature: European Emigration
- 42
- 10
- Early Immigration
- 44
- Feature: Transportation
- 46
- Ellis Island
- 48
- Closing the "Golden Door"
- 54
- Freedom to Worship
- 56
- Coming to America
- Earth is the Lord's
- 58
- Reformation
- 60
- Huguenots
- 62
- Feature: Jesuits
- 65
- Quakers
- 66
- 12
- Feature: Mormons
- 70
- Plain People
- 74
- Moravians
- 78
- Jews
- 80
- Feature: Hasidic Jews
- 84
- First Americans
- Tibetan Buddhists
- 86
- Falun Gong
- 92
- Muslims
- 94
- Freedom from Oppression
- 98
- A Political Choice
- 100
- 16
- Enlightenment
- 102
- French Revolutionaries
- 104
- British Radicals
- 106
- German Forty-Eighters
- 108
- Feature: Women's Suffrage in America
- 110
- Feature: The Vikings
- Austro-Hungarians
- 112
- Poles
- 114
- Feature: Radicalism in America
- 116
- Soviet Dissidents
- 120
- Cuban Dissidents
- 124
- 19
- Central American Dissidents
- 128
- South American Dissidents
- 130
- Freedom from Want
- 132
- Golden Door
- 134
- American Labor Movement
- 136
- Isbn
- 9780756613440
- Label
- Destination America
- Title
- Destination America
- Statement of responsibility
- Chuck Wills ; accompanies the television series by David Grubin
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Whether escaping religious persecution, political oppression, the violence of war, or looking to further their economic standing, immigrants have come to America. This detailed look at why immigrants leave their homelands, how they travel to America, and what they do once they arrive, includes personal accounts, letters, diaries, photographs and other ephemera; features statistics, maps and charts covering over 40 immigrant groups.--From publisher description
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/collectionName
- Destination America (Television program)
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Wills, Chuck
- Dewey number
- 973/.04
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Minorities
- Immigrants
- United States
- United States
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Destination America, Chuck Wills ; accompanies the television series by David Grubin
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (page 293) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Spanish Settlers
- Indentured Servants
- 138
- Scotch-Irish, Scots, and Welsh
- 140
- Irish
- 144
- Feature: Gold Rushes
- 146
- Germans
- 148
- 20
- Scandinavians
- 150
- Feature: Jacob Riis's Photography
- 152
- Chinese
- 154
- Feature: Organized Crime
- 158
- Japanese
- 160
- French Settlers
- Feature: Building the Railroads
- 162
- Italians
- 164
- Feature: Land Rushes
- 168
- Mexicans
- 170
- Caribbeans
- 174
- 22
- South Asians and Middle Easterners
- 180
- Filipinos
- 182
- Koreans
- 184
- Post-Glasnot Immigrants
- 186
- Freedom from Fear
- 188
- Feature: The Lost Colony
- A Century of Genocide
- 190
- Refugees
- 192
- Acadians
- 194
- Armenians
- 196
- Russian Jews
- 198
- 24
- Holocaust Jews
- 200
- Feature: The Manhattan Project
- 206
- Soviets
- 208
- Vietnamese
- 212
- Laotians and Cambodians
- 216
- English Settlers
- Hmong
- 220
- Haitians
- 222
- Africans
- 226
- Balkan Refugees
- 232
- Freedom to Create
- 234
- 26
- Art of Departure
- 236
- Scientists
- 238
- Feature: The Space Race
- 240
- Psychoanalysts
- 242
- Writers
- 246
- Dutch and Swedish Settlers
- Photojournalists
- 250
- Visual Artists
- 252
- Feature: Abstract Expressionism
- 256
- Architects
- 258
- Musicians
- 262
- 30
- Dancers
- 268
- Theater
- 270
- Movies
- 272
- Freedom for Women: Hollywood Sirens
- 277
- Athletes
- 278
- Settling America
- Feature: Slavery and the Triangle Trade
- Gazetteer
- 282
- 32
- Thirteen Colonies
- 34
- Revolutionary War
- 36
- Westward Expansion
- 40
- Feature: European Emigration
- 42
- 10
- Early Immigration
- 44
- Feature: Transportation
- 46
- Ellis Island
- 48
- Closing the "Golden Door"
- 54
- Freedom to Worship
- 56
- Coming to America
- Earth is the Lord's
- 58
- Reformation
- 60
- Huguenots
- 62
- Feature: Jesuits
- 65
- Quakers
- 66
- 12
- Feature: Mormons
- 70
- Plain People
- 74
- Moravians
- 78
- Jews
- 80
- Feature: Hasidic Jews
- 84
- First Americans
- Tibetan Buddhists
- 86
- Falun Gong
- 92
- Muslims
- 94
- Freedom from Oppression
- 98
- A Political Choice
- 100
- 16
- Enlightenment
- 102
- French Revolutionaries
- 104
- British Radicals
- 106
- German Forty-Eighters
- 108
- Feature: Women's Suffrage in America
- 110
- Feature: The Vikings
- Austro-Hungarians
- 112
- Poles
- 114
- Feature: Radicalism in America
- 116
- Soviet Dissidents
- 120
- Cuban Dissidents
- 124
- 19
- Central American Dissidents
- 128
- South American Dissidents
- 130
- Freedom from Want
- 132
- Golden Door
- 134
- American Labor Movement
- 136
- Control code
- ocm61361495
- Dimensions
- 31 cm
- Extent
- 300 pages
- Isbn
- 9780756613440
- Lccn
- 2005021619
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Note
- 973.04 W685 ; P ; XX-N/RF ; C1105BT5 (DE).
- Other physical details
- illustrations (chiefly color), color maps
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) o61361495
- (Sirsi) o61361495
- Label
- Destination America, Chuck Wills ; accompanies the television series by David Grubin
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (page 293) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Spanish Settlers
- Indentured Servants
- 138
- Scotch-Irish, Scots, and Welsh
- 140
- Irish
- 144
- Feature: Gold Rushes
- 146
- Germans
- 148
- 20
- Scandinavians
- 150
- Feature: Jacob Riis's Photography
- 152
- Chinese
- 154
- Feature: Organized Crime
- 158
- Japanese
- 160
- French Settlers
- Feature: Building the Railroads
- 162
- Italians
- 164
- Feature: Land Rushes
- 168
- Mexicans
- 170
- Caribbeans
- 174
- 22
- South Asians and Middle Easterners
- 180
- Filipinos
- 182
- Koreans
- 184
- Post-Glasnot Immigrants
- 186
- Freedom from Fear
- 188
- Feature: The Lost Colony
- A Century of Genocide
- 190
- Refugees
- 192
- Acadians
- 194
- Armenians
- 196
- Russian Jews
- 198
- 24
- Holocaust Jews
- 200
- Feature: The Manhattan Project
- 206
- Soviets
- 208
- Vietnamese
- 212
- Laotians and Cambodians
- 216
- English Settlers
- Hmong
- 220
- Haitians
- 222
- Africans
- 226
- Balkan Refugees
- 232
- Freedom to Create
- 234
- 26
- Art of Departure
- 236
- Scientists
- 238
- Feature: The Space Race
- 240
- Psychoanalysts
- 242
- Writers
- 246
- Dutch and Swedish Settlers
- Photojournalists
- 250
- Visual Artists
- 252
- Feature: Abstract Expressionism
- 256
- Architects
- 258
- Musicians
- 262
- 30
- Dancers
- 268
- Theater
- 270
- Movies
- 272
- Freedom for Women: Hollywood Sirens
- 277
- Athletes
- 278
- Settling America
- Feature: Slavery and the Triangle Trade
- Gazetteer
- 282
- 32
- Thirteen Colonies
- 34
- Revolutionary War
- 36
- Westward Expansion
- 40
- Feature: European Emigration
- 42
- 10
- Early Immigration
- 44
- Feature: Transportation
- 46
- Ellis Island
- 48
- Closing the "Golden Door"
- 54
- Freedom to Worship
- 56
- Coming to America
- Earth is the Lord's
- 58
- Reformation
- 60
- Huguenots
- 62
- Feature: Jesuits
- 65
- Quakers
- 66
- 12
- Feature: Mormons
- 70
- Plain People
- 74
- Moravians
- 78
- Jews
- 80
- Feature: Hasidic Jews
- 84
- First Americans
- Tibetan Buddhists
- 86
- Falun Gong
- 92
- Muslims
- 94
- Freedom from Oppression
- 98
- A Political Choice
- 100
- 16
- Enlightenment
- 102
- French Revolutionaries
- 104
- British Radicals
- 106
- German Forty-Eighters
- 108
- Feature: Women's Suffrage in America
- 110
- Feature: The Vikings
- Austro-Hungarians
- 112
- Poles
- 114
- Feature: Radicalism in America
- 116
- Soviet Dissidents
- 120
- Cuban Dissidents
- 124
- 19
- Central American Dissidents
- 128
- South American Dissidents
- 130
- Freedom from Want
- 132
- Golden Door
- 134
- American Labor Movement
- 136
- Control code
- ocm61361495
- Dimensions
- 31 cm
- Extent
- 300 pages
- Isbn
- 9780756613440
- Lccn
- 2005021619
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Note
- 973.04 W685 ; P ; XX-N/RF ; C1105BT5 (DE).
- Other physical details
- illustrations (chiefly color), color maps
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) o61361495
- (Sirsi) o61361495
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