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...

Between 1892 and 1954, more than 12 million European immigrants were processed through New York City's Ellis Island. The surge in immigration to the United States during that time led to widespread political and cultural changes. Many cities on the eastern seaboard had predominately immigrant populations, and many newly arrived Americans formed groups to help gain a foothold into the political system.

Today, we remember the Kennedys as an iconic American family - the vanguard of wealth, power, and style rather than as the descendants of poor immigrants. Based on genealogical breakthroughs and previously unreleased records, this is the first book to explore the inspiring story of the poor Irish refugee couple, Patrick and Bridget Kennedy, who escaped famine, created a life together in a city hostile to Irish, immigrants, and Catholics, and launched...

Immigrants helped make America the great nation it is today. Learn about the challenges they faced as well as the important contributions they made to the United States. In Spanish.

In the 1980s, the nature of the Latino Diaspora changes again. From Cuba a second wave of refugees to United States - the Mariel exodus - floods Miami. The same decade sees the sudden arrival of hundreds of thousands of Central American? (Salvadorans, Guatemalans, and Nicaraguans) fleeing bloodshed and death squads. A backlash ensues: tightened borders, anti-bilingualism, state laws to declare all illegal immigrants felons. But a sea change is underway...

Written by someone whose family immigrated to the United States after leaving Mexico, this book explores the generations of Mexican immigrants and their American descendants who struggled for civil rights, whose lands have been colonized, and who have been the backbone of American industry and agriculture since the nineteenth century. This book exposes a fickle culture surrounding work relations in a country that treated Mexican Americans not only...