Small strangers : the experiences of immigrant children in America, 1880-1925 / Melissa R. Klapper.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:American childhoods.
Main Author: Klapper, Melissa R.
Language:English
Published: Chicago : Ivan R. Dee, 2007.
Series:American childhoods.
Subjects:
Immigrant children > United States.
United States > Emigration and immigration > History > 19th century.
United States > Emigration and immigration > History > 20th century.
Physical Description:xix, 219 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Childhood and immigrants : changing ideas at the turn of the century
  • The landscape of early childhood
  • At school, at work, at home, at play
  • Adolescent years
  • After the door closed: the effects of restrictive legislation and the Depression
  • Immigrant children and modern America.