The history and experience of immigration remain central to American culture, past and present. This original anthology surveys the immigration experience from a wide range of cultural and historical viewpoints. Contributors include J. Hector St. John de Crevecoeur, John Muir, Anzia Yezierska, Mary Antin, Jacob Riis, Claude McKay, and other more contemporary writers.
Bob Blaisdell is professor of English at the City University of New York's Kingsborough Community College and the editor of twenty-two Dover literature and poetry collections.