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Book SynopsisTrade Review"These historians whose books we have read, shaped the scholarship. With this insightful volume we can know where they came from and understand why they wrote as they did." -- Hasia Diner * New York University *
"Kraut and Gerber have assembled chapters by an impressive range of scholars, who reflect on how their own lives and experiences and those of their ancestors have informed their academic work. This collection presents compelling and revealing work from an outstanding group of scholars." * Journal of Interdisciplinary History *
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments
1. Introduction by David A. Gerber
2. Worlds Apart and Together: From Italian American Girlhood to Historian of Immigration by Virginia Yans
3. Sidewalk Histories by Deborah Dash Moore
4. Coal Town Chronicles and Scholarly Books by John Bodnar
5. Ethnic and Racial Identities: A Polish Filipina's Progress by Barbara M. Posadas
6. From Back of the Yards to the College Classroom by Dominic A. Pacyga
7. Why Irish? Writing Irish American History by Timothy J. Meagher
8. In Our Own Words: Reclaiming Chinese American Women's History by Judy Yung
9. Ordinary People by Eileen H. Tamura
10. Americana by María Christina García
11. Meddling in the American Dilemma: Race, Migrations, and Identities from an Africana Transnational Perspective by Violet M. Showers Johnson
12. From Uncle Mustafa to Auntie Rana: Journeys to Mexico, the United States, and Lebanon by Theresa Alfaro-Velcamp
Coda by Alan M. Kraut
Notes on Contributors
