Immigrant Life in New York City, 1825-1863

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19th-century immigration
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Acculturation
American history
Anti-immigrant sentiment
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Demographic change
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Erie Canal era
Ethnic enclaves
ethnic identity in 19th-century cities
European migration
Immigrant communities
immigrant labor and urban growth
immigrant life in antebellum New York
Know-Nothing movement
Nativism
New York City demographic transformation
New York City history
New York State
political incorporation of immigrants
Political integration
Pre-Civil War America
Social history
social institutions of immigrant communities
Social mobility
Tammany Hall
Tenement housing
urban immigrant experience 1825-1863
Urban labor history
Urban reform
Urbanization
Working-class New York

Product details

  • ISBN 9780815602903
  • Weight: 454g
  • Dimensions: 155 x 229mm
  • Publication Date: 01 Oct 1994
  • Publisher: Syracuse University Press
  • Publication City/Country: US
  • Product Form: Paperback
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This is a historical study of acculturation in New York City. It documents the Americanization of foreign enclaves within the city, showing the effects produced by church, school, foreign-language press and libraries - the methods by which the Democratic Party enlisted the immigrant vote.

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