{"product_id":"all-the-nations-under-heaven-9780231189859","title":"All the Nations Under Heaven","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAll the Nations Under Heaven\u003c\/i\u003e is an unparalleled chronicle of the role of immigrants and migrants in shaping the history and culture of New York City. This updated edition of a classic text brings the story of the immigrant experience up to the present with vital new material on the city’s revival with deeply rooted racial and economic inequalities.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[A] briskly paced volume. * The Gotham Center for NYC History *\u003cbr\u003eA new cohort of students and readers more generally will now be made aware of a classic work, \u003ci\u003eAll the Nations Under Heaven\u003c\/i\u003e, a profoundly humane and exciting panorama of the linked histories of New York City and immigrants. The flow of women and men from around the world has done no less than shape them, the city, the nation, and the world. This book sweeps across time, connecting past and present with scrupulous research, clear thinking, rich detail, and fine writing. -- Hasia Diner, New York University\u003cbr\u003eUpdated throughout and extended to the present through the latest scholarship, this enduring classic demonstrates once again how central the growth of immigrant-origin communities has been to the neighborhoods, collective life, politics, and economy of New York City. \u003ci\u003eAll the Nations\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e Under Heaven\u003c\/i\u003e brings to life the great and ongoing saga of immigrants helping a great city to reinvent itself. -- John Mollenkopf, coeditor of \u003ci\u003eUnsettled Americans: Metropolitan Context and Civic Leadership for Immigrant Integration\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAll the Nations Under Heaven \u003c\/i\u003ereveals the powerful social, political, economic, and religious influence of immigrants on New York City since the colonial era. Expanding on current scholarship, the authors make immigration history and the broader history of New York City accessible for both students and scholars. -- Deborah Dash Moore, author of \u003ci\u003eJewish New York: The Remarkable Story of a City and a People\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e1. A Seaport in the Atlantic World: 1624–1820\u003cbr\u003e2. Becoming a City of the World: 1820–1860\u003cbr\u003e3. Progress and Poverty: 1861–1900\u003cbr\u003e4. Slums, Sweatshops, and Reform: 1880–1917\u003cbr\u003e5. New Times and New Neighborhoods: 1917–1928\u003cbr\u003e6. Times of Trial: 1929–1945\u003cbr\u003e7. City of Hope, City of Fear: 1945–1997\u003cbr\u003e8. Immigrants in a City Reborn: 1980–present\u003cbr\u003eAfterword\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eIndex","brand":"Columbia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400335335767,"sku":"9780231189859","price":27.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780231189859.jpg?v=1730470422","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/all-the-nations-under-heaven-9780231189859","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}