fs5_09

=Historian Seminar= October 15, 2009, Madeline English School, Everett

Early Immigrants Write Home
Debra Block, PhD






 * Hamilton Holt (ed.), __The Life Stories of Undistinguished Americans As Told By Themselves __ (Routledge, 1990).

[Note -- the assigned readings are the "Forward," "Introduction," "Polish Sweatshop Girl " and "Irish Cook" sections. These are in the readings packet. The Google Books link is here in case you would like to look at other sections of the book. Click on the book cover for the link.]



Electronic Prompt(s)

 * 1) Werner Sollors’ Introduction begins with the following 1928 quote by Louis Wirth: “If we knew the full life-story of a single individual in his social setting, we would probably know most of what is worth knowing about social life and human nature.” What does Sollors mean by this, and what do the various personal stories of “undistinguished Americans” show about American immigration?

Resources


=== Amazon.com Breadgivers page===