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008			090520s2009 nyum b a001 0 eng d
020			_a9781598530513
035			_a(AEA)6FB6D8B21BF6452990F2FAF3869EEAF4
050			_aPS 508.I45 _b.B389 2009
245		0	_aBecoming Americans : _bfour centuries of immigrant writing / _cedited by Ilan Stavans ; foreword by Pete Hamill.
260			_aNew York, NY : _bLibrary of America :;Distributed to the trade by Penguin Group, _cc2009.
300			_axxiv, 724 p. _c21 cm.
500			_aA special publication of the Library of America.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 707-717) and index.
520			_aComprised mostly of memoirs with some fiction, this volume gathers selections from the writings of 85 immigrants from 45 countries that illustrate the changing views of immigrants in the United States. In nearly 100 entries, this first-of-its-kind collection presents the full range of the experience of coming to America--from the reasons for emigration, the journey itself, the shock of first arrival, and, above all, the struggle with the complexities of Americanization. www.alibris.com
650			_aEmigration and immigration
650			_aImmigrants _938845
650			_aImmigrants' writings, American _9110369
650			_aImmigrants' writings, American. _9110369
700			_aStavans, Ilan. _9110370
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