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World History in Context - the go-to database for information from a global viewpoint.
Historical Newspapers - search five newspapers as far back as the Civil War for real-life reporting on immigrants and immigration issues viewed through the lens of the time
Virtual Reference - a collection of e-books
Junior Worldbook
Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of Foods and Recipes of the World by Call Number: Virtual ReferenceISBN: 9780787654238Publication Date: 2001-10-04This 4-vol. set provides comprehensive coverage of the foods and recipes from 70 representative countries and culture groups worldwide -- from Algeria to Zimbabwe.
Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of World Cultures by ISBN: 9781414486710Publication Date: 2011-08-05A systematic guide to the history and current status of 315 cultural groups outside the United States, including 25 groups new to the set. In nine volumes, the Encyclopedia is intended to offer students background and current status on cultures of the countries they are most likely to study.
You may find these two e-books helpful for this project.
Gale E-books
This database is a collection of e-books that complement our databases and provide more in-depth coverage of topics.
Immigration Book
U. S. Immigration and Migration by
The Human Genome DiversityProject tells us that between 15,000and 30,000 years ago people fromMongolia crossed Beringia to whatwe now call the Americas. "U.S.Immigration and Migration" chroniclesand interprets the phenomenalwaves of immigration to the UnitedStates from the earliest timesthrough the period from 1820 to1930, when the United Stateswas the destination of some 60%of the world's immigrants -- up to the presentday, when restrictive policies have temporarily stanched the flowof immigrants. Features include 300 black-and-white illustrations, includingabout 10 maps; chronology; sidebars; words to know; researchand activity ideas; further reading; and a subject index. The"Almanac" volumes tell of the economic, religious and politicalforces that compelled people to seek a better life in a new land.These same forces later inspired the migration of manyAmericans to other areas in mass movements such as theWestward Expansion; the rural to urban migration; the GreatMigration of blacks in the early part of the 20th century; and themigration to the Sunbelt starting in the 1960s. The "Biographies"volumes bring the panorama of immigration and migration to apersonal level by profiling both prominent and less well-knownpeople of the immigrant experience. Insights into the movementof people are provided in the "Primary Sources" volume viaexcerpts from such key documents as the Maryland TolerationAct (1649), the Treaty of Fort Stanwix (1784), the Homestead Act(1862), the Chinese Exclusion Act (1892), the National OriginsAct (1924) -- up to legislation passed in the wake of theSeptember 11 attacks.
ISBN: 9780787675653Publication Date: 2004-05-28
World History in Context
Historical Newspapers
The historical newspapers database gives you access to:
- Boston Globe (1872-1988)
- Chicago Tribune (1849-1996)
- Los Angeles Times (1881-1995)
- New York Times (1851-2014)
- Wall Street Journal (1889-2002)