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Special Sorrows : The Diasporic Imagination of Irish, Polish, and Jewish Immigrants in the United States
Special Sorrows The Diasporic Imagination of Irish Polish and Jewish Immigrants in the United States Author:Matthew Frye Jacobson Conventional wisdom would have us believe that every immigrant to the United States "became American," by choice and with deliberate speed. Yet, as Special Sorrows shows us, this is simply untrue. In this compelling revisionist study, Matthew Frye Jacobsen reveals tenacious attachments to the Old World and explores the significance of hom... more »eland politics for Irish, Polish, and Jewish immigrants at the turn of the twentieth century.« less