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Immigration and Migration

Barde, Robert, and Gustavo J. Bobonis, “Detention at Angel Island: First Empirical Evidence,” Social Science History, 30 (Spring 2006), 103–36.

Barton, H. Arnold, “Swedish America and the Genteel Tradition,” Swedish-American Historical Quarterly, 57 (Jan. 2006), 14–32.

Bowman, Paul, “Ishi and the Long Concealment,” California Territorial Quarterly (no. 64, Winter 2005), 16–25.

Bunting, Robert, “Michael Luark and Settler Culture in the Western Pacific Northwest, 1853–1899,” Pacific Northwest Quarterly, 96 (Fall 2005), 198–205. Heavily illustrated.

Chung, Kyung Hee, and Inpyo Lee, “Jaemi Hanin eui SahoiGyongjaejeok Seongjang: Geu Yeongule wuan Ironjeok Gochal” (The social development of Korean-Americans: In search of new theoretical perspectives), Migukhak Nonjip/Korean Journal of American Studies (Seoul), 36 (Winter 2004), 280–304. In Korean.

Doyle, Michael, “Zionsgemeinde, Palmenthal, Revisited,” Concordia Historical Institute Quarterly, 79 (Spring 2006), 26–47.

Fox, John, “William Kelly, Gentleman Gold Digger California, 1849–50; Australia, 1853 and 1858,” California Territorial Quarterly (no. 64, Winter 2005), 36–44.

Guenther, Karen, “‘A Restless Desire’: Geographic Mobility and Members of Exeter Monthly Meeting, Berks County, PA., 1710–1789,” Pennsylvania History, 70 (Autumn 2003), 331–60.

Hoerder, Dirk, “From Ethnic Enclaves to Transcultural Perspectives: Internationalizing Migration History,” in Atlantic Passages: Constitution—Immigration—Internationalization, ed. Andreas Etges and Ursula Lehmkuhl, 116–30. (Münster: lit, 2006. 184 pp. €29.90, isbn 3-8258-9344-8.)

Ivanov, Petko, “To Chicago and Back: Bulgaria and the World’s Fair of 1893,” Chicago History, 34 (Spring 2006), 42–59. Heavily illustrated.

Kim, Youn-Jin, “Migukeui Imingwa Sosuminjok Yeongu: Yeoksahak gwa Sahoehakeui Mannam” (Immigration and ethnic studies in America: History and sociology), Sahakji/Korean Journal of History (Seoul), 37 (2005), 437–59. In Korean.

Mezzano, Michael, “The Progressive Origins of Eugenics Critics: Raymond Pearl, Herbert S. Jennings, and the Defense of Scientific Inquiry,” Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era, 4 (Jan. 2005), 83–97.

O’Malley, Michael, “Free Silver and the Constitution of Man: The Money Debate and Immigration at the Turn of the Century,” Common-Place, 6 (April 2006) http://www.common-place.org.

Orum, Anthony M., “Circles of Influence and Chains of Command: The Social Processes whereby Ethnic Communities Influence Host Societies,” Social Forces, 84 (Dec. 2005), 921–39.

Pfaff, Carol W., and Tonjes Veenstra, “Germans in America: Immigration History and Language Development,” in Atlantic Passages: Constitution—Immigration—Internationalization, ed. Andreas Etges and Ursula Lehmkuhl, 107–15. (Münster: lit, 2006. 184 pp. €29.90, isbn 3-8258-9344-8.)

Rohrbacher, Frances A., and Richard W. Rohrbacher, “The Reverend John O’Hanlon’s Irish Immigrant’s Guide for the United States in 1851,” California Territorial Quarterly (no. 64, Winter 2005), 26–35.

Rowan, Steven, “The German Press in St. Louis and Missouri in the Nineteenth Century: The Establishment of a Tradition,” Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America, 99 (Sept. 2005), 459–67.

Slavishak, Edward, “Working-Class Muscle: Homestead and Bodily Disorder in the Gilded Age,” Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era, 3 (Oct. 2004), 339–68.

Son, Young-Ho, “Dilingham Wewonheo eui Imin Bogoseo: Naeyong Bunseok gwa Tadangseong ae daehan Noneui” (Reports of the Dillingham Immigration Commission: An analysis of the findings), Miguksa Yongu/Korean Journal of American History (Seoul), 20 (Nov. 2004), 89–118. In Korean.

Synn, Chaeki, “Miguk Misul eui Gukjaewha Gwajeong gwa Iminja Misuleui Yoekhal” (The role of immigrant art in the internationalization of American art), Miguksa Yongu/Korean Journal of American History (Seoul), 20 (Nov. 2004), 119–40. In Korean.

Wedin, Walter F., “Seeds and Swedes: Emigrant Clover from Alsike,” Swedish-American Historical Quarterly, 57 (Jan. 2006), 33–59.

Woirol, Greg, “Peter Speek and Migratory Labor: An Estonian Revolutionary Finds the Real America,” Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era, 4 (July 2005), 293–313.

 

Aihui, Li, “Chuantongde yanxu yu zhuanhua: Dongou youtai yimin zai Meiguo de zaoqi jingli, 1880–1920” (Continuation and transformation of tradition: Early East European Jewish immigration to the United States) (Nankai University, China, 2004). In Chinese.

Amos, Sharon L. Richardson, “Whose Dust Is Rising? Historical and Literacy Narratives of the Northern Migration of African American Women” (State University of New York, Buffalo, 2005). Order No. DA3185352.

Dayton, Amy E., “Representations of Literacy: The Teaching of English and the Immigrant Experience in Early Twentieth-Century America” (University of Arizona, 2005). Order No. DA3179170.

Eves, Jamie H., “A Valley White with Mist: Settlers, Nature, and Culture in a North Woods River Valley, 1800–1870” (University of Connecticut, 2005). Order No. DA3180200.

Hastak, Astrid, “‘I was never one of those Fräuleins’: The Impact of Cultural Image on German War Brides in America” (Purdue University, 2005). Order No. DA3185764.

Keeling, Andrew Allan, “The Business of Transatlantic Migration between Europe and the usa, 1900–1914” (University of California, Berkeley, 2005). Order No. DA3187066.

Michaelidis, Gregory, “Salvation Abroad: Macedonian Migration to North America and the Making of Modern Macedonia, 1870–1970” (University of Maryland, College Park, 2005). Order No. DA3178605.

Parson, Edy Meiling, “Facing the Aliens: Asian American Identity through the Eyes of Both Cultures, 1870s–1940s” (Iowa State University, 2005). Order No. DA3184599.

Stanger-Ross, Jordan, “The Choreography of Community: Italian Ethnicity in Postwar Toronto and Philadelphia” (University of Pennsylvania, 2005). Order No. DA3179800.

 

García, María Cristina, Seeking Refuge: Central American Migration to Mexico, the United States, and Canada. (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2006. xvi, 274 pp. Cloth, $50.00, isbn 0-520-24700-0. Paper, $19.95, isbn 0-520-24701-9.)

Giffin, William W., The Irish. (Indianapolis: Indiana Historical Society, 2006. x, 127 pp. Paper, $13.95, isbn 0-87195-193-2.)

Perlmann, Joel, Italians Then, Mexicans Now: Immigrant Origins and Second-Generation Progress, 1890 to 2000. (New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 2005. xii, 189 pp. $27.50, isbn 0-87154-662-0.)

Roorda, Eric Paul, Cuba, America, and the Sea: The Story of the Immigrant Boat Analuisa and 500 Years of History between Cuba and America. (Mystic: Mystic Seaport Museum, 2005. 173 pp. $39.95, isbn 0-939510-98-7.)

Strohschänk, Johannes, and William G. Thiel, The Wisconsin Office of Emigration, 1852–1855, and Its Impact on German Immigration to the State. (Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2005. 155 pp. Paper, $15.95, isbn 0-924119-22-5.)

 

Aym, Zighen, Still Moments: A Story about Faded Dreams and Forbidden Pictures. (Mossville, IL: zawp, 2005. xvi, 65 pp. Paper, $10.95, isbn 0-9765998-0-5.)

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