The Uprooted: The Epic Story of the Great Migrations that Made the American People

The Uprooted is a rare book, combining powerful feeling and long-time study to give us the shape and the feel of the immigrant experience rather than just the facts. It elucidates the hopes and the yearnings of the immigrants that propelled them out of their native environments to chance the hazards of the New World. It traces the profound imprint they made upon this world and how they, in turn, were changed by it. When first published, The Uprooted won the Pulitzer Prize for history. This second edition is enlarged by a supplemental chapter, in which the author examines the meaning of the immigrant experience in light of more recent decades, and by a brilliant bibliographic essay. Frontmatter (page N/A) Introduction (page 3) Chapter One Peasant Origins (page 7) Chapter Two The Crossing (page 34) Chapter Three Daily Bread (page 58) Chapter Four New Worlds, New Visions (page 85) Chapter Five Religion as a Way of Life (page 105) Chapter Six The Ghettos (page 129) Chapter Seven In Fellow Feeling (page 152) Chapter Eight Democracy and Power (page 180) Chapter Nine Generations (page 203) Chapter Ten The Shock of Alienation (page 231) Chapter Eleven Restriction (page 255) Chapter Twolve Promises (page 268) Chapter XIII After Two Decades (page 274) Chapter Fourteen Encounters with Evidence (page 300) Acknowledgments (page 331)

The Uprooted is a rare book, combining powerful feeling and long-time study to give us the shape and the feel of the immigrant experience rather than just the facts. It elucidates the hopes and the yearnings of the immigrants that propelled them out of their native environments to chance the hazards of the New World. It traces the profound imprint they made upon this world and how they, in turn, were changed by it.

Over a quarter of a million paperback copies have been sold of this classic, Pulitzer Prize-winning history of the great migrations that made the Americanpeople.

The Epic Story Of The Great Migrations That Made The American People--jacket Subtitle. Peasant Origins -- Crossing -- Daily Bread -- New Worlds, New Visions -- Religion As A Way Of Life -- Ghettos -- In Fellow Feelins -- Democracy And Power -- Generations -- Shock Of Alienation -- Restriction -- Promises -- After Two Decades -- Encounters With Evidence. An Atlantic Monthly Press Book. Includes Bibliographical References. Provides an historical account of the 35,000,000 people who emigrated to America in the 19th and early 20th century. The author offers an insight into alienation, its consequences and the emotions of those involved. The book examines their disillusionment incited by a new land.