Cannato reveals that the history of Ellis Island is ultimately the story of what it means to be an American. Cannato ReadingRewards: Earn 2x points on all Children's Books History Books > United States History Books Dumping Debt Rated: G (General Audience) No Customer Reviews Select Format Hardcover 5.49 - 6.49 Paperback 4.69 - 16.79 Select Condition Like New Unavailable Very Good 6. In this sweeping, often heart-wrenching epic, Vincent J.
Cannato and published by HarperCollins e-books. Cannato, a historian at the University of Massachusetts in Boston, has written a balanced book, avoiding both the hypercriticism of condemning Ellis Island as the ultimate product of nativism and the sentimental mystification of the island as the Golden Door. With a focus on how actual people created, interpreted, and executed immigration laws, Cannato maintains that regulation, which sometimes degraded into. Today the small island stands alongside Plymouth Rock in our nation's founding mythology as the place where many of our ancestors first touched American soil.Īmerican Passage captures a time and a place unparalleled in American immigration and history, and articulates the dramatic and bittersweet accounts of the immigrants, officials, interpreters, and social reformers who all played an important role in Ellis Island's chronicle. American Passage: The History of Ellis Island is written by Vincent J. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for American Passage: The History of Ellis Island, Cannato, Vincent J., Very Good Bo at the best. The remarkable saga of America's landmark port of entry, from immigration post to deportation center to mythical icon.įor most of New York's early history, Ellis Island had been an obscure little island that barely held itself above high tide. By bringing us the inspiring and sometimes unsettling tales of Ellis Island, Vincent Cannato's American Passage helps us understand who we are as a nation." - Walter Isaacson
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