Ethnic Historians and the Mainstream : : Shaping America's Immigration Story / / ed. by Alan M. Kraut, David A. Gerber.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Rutgers University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
• MitwirkendeR: Alfaro-Velcamp, Theresa,; Bodnar, John,; Dash Moore, Deborah,; García, María Cristina,; Gerber, David A.,; Kraut, Alan M.,; Meagher, Timothy J.,; Pacyga, Dominic A.,; Posadas, Barbara M.,; Showers Johnson, Violet M.,; Tamura, Eileen H.,; Yans, Virginia,; Yung, Judy,
• TeilnehmendeR: Alfaro-Velcamp, Theresa.; Bodnar, John.; Garcia, María Cristina.; Gerber, David A.; Johnson, Violet M. Showers.; Kraut, Alan M.; Meagher, Timothy J.; Moore, Deborah Dash.; Pacyga, Dominic A.; Posadas, Barbara M.; Tamura, Eileen H.; Yans, Virginia.; Yung, Judy.
• HerausgeberIn: Gerber, David A.,; Kraut, Alan M.,
• Place / Publishing House: New Brunswick, NJ : : Rutgers University Press, , [2013]; ©2013
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (256 p.) :; 8 photographs

Do historians "write their biographies" with the subjects they choose to address in their research? In this collection, editors Alan M. Kraut and David A. Gerber compiled eleven original essays by historians whose own ethnic backgrounds shaped the choices they have made about their own res...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Worlds Apart and Together: From Italian American Girlhood to Historian of Immigration
• 3. Sidewalk Histories
• 4. Coal Town Chronicles and Scholarly Books
• 5. Ethnic and Racial Identities: A Polish Filipina's Progress in Chicago and the Profession
• 6. From Back of the Yards to the College Classroom
• 7. Why Irish? Writing Irish American History
• 8. In Our Own Words: Reclaiming Chinese American Women's History
• 9. Ordinary People
• 10. Americana
• 11. Meddling in the American Dilemma: Race, Migrations, and Identities from an Africana Transnational Perspective
• 12. From Uncle Mustafa to Auntie Rana: Journeys to Mexico, the United States, and Lebanon
• Coda
• Notes on Contributors