{"product_id":"all-the-nations-under-heaven","title":"All the Nations Under Heaven","description":"First published in 1996, \u003ci\u003eAll the Nations Under Heaven\u003c\/i\u003e has earned praise and a wide readership for its unparalleled chronicle of the role of immigrants and migrants in shaping the history and culture of New York City. This updated edition of a classic text brings the story of the immigrant experience in New York City up to the present with vital new material on the city’s revival as a global metropolis with deeply rooted racial and economic inequalities.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAll the Nations Under Heaven\u003c\/i\u003e explores New York City’s history through the stories of people who moved there from countless places of origin and indelibly marked its hybrid popular culture, its contentious ethnic politics, and its relentlessly dynamic economy. From Dutch settlement to the extraordinary diversity of today’s immigrants, the book chronicles successive waves of Irish, German, Jewish, and Italian immigrants and African American and Puerto Rican migrants, showing how immigration changes immigrants and immigrants change the city. In a compelling narrative synthesis, \u003ci\u003eAll the Nations Under Heaven\u003c\/i\u003e considers the ongoing tensions between inclusion and exclusion, the pursuit of justice and the reality of inequality, and the evolving significance of race and ethnicity. In an era when immigration, inequality, and globalization are bitterly debated, this revised edition is a timely portrait of New York City through the lenses of migration and immigration.","brand":"Columbia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54218140221784,"sku":"9780231189842","price":129.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780231189842.jpg?v=1770182115","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/all-the-nations-under-heaven","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}