Immigrants: The New Americans (Our American Century)
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Immigrants: The New Americans (Our American Century)
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AMONG THE IMMIGRANTS WHO HELPED SHAPE 20TH-CENTURY AMERICA, SOME-SUCH AS ALBERT EINSTEIN AND MIKHAIL BARYSHNIKOV-ARRIVED AS CELEBRITIES. OTHERS-CARY GRANT AND HENRY KISSINGER FOR EXAMPLE BECAME FAMOUS HERE. IMMIGRANTS CREATED SUCH AMERICAN CLASSICS AS IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE AND ON THE WATERFRONT. WHITE CHRISTMAS AND GOD BLESS AMERICA. THEY CONTRIBUTED THE GLASS AND STEEL SKYSCRAPER, THE PAP SMEAR, AND THE HELICOPTER. THEY ADDED PIZZA, BAGELS AND TACOS TO THE NATIONAL DIET. IN 1951 HISTORIAN OSCAR HANDLIN SAID "ONCE I THOUGHT TO WRITE A HISTORY OF THE IMMIGRANTS IN AMERICA. THEN I DISCOVERED THAT THE IMMIGRANTS WERE AMERICAN HISTORY. FOR IMMIGRANTS: THE NEW AMERICANS THE EDITORS OF TIME-LIFE BOOKS HAVE COMBED THE HOLDINGS OF MUSEUMS, LIBRARIES, AND ARCHIVES AND CONDUCTED EXTENSIVE INTERVIEWS TO PRODUCE A VIVID, VISUALLY COMPELLING, AND EVOCATIVE LOOK AT THE COUNTRY'S IMMIGRANT EXPERIENCE IN THE 20TH CENTURY.
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