First Generation: In the Words of Twentieth-century American ImmigrantsAuthor Namias provides brief historical introductions to the intimate self-portraits of nearly thirty men and women of diverse nationalities, ages, and walks of life who created new hopes and lives for themselves in America. |
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| Title | First Generation: In the Words of Twentieth-century American Immigrants Volume 594 of Beacon paperback: Oral history Beacon paperbacks |
| Author | June Namias |
| Editor | June Namias |
| Contributor | Robert Coles |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Beacon Press, 1978 |
| ISBN | 080705416X, 9780807054161 |
| Length | 234 pages |
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