immigration and emigration

An introduction to who and what first-generation Americans are.

Anatolian lovers Ali and Zeynep are separated when Ali makes his way to Canada only to be put in an internment camp when World War I starts. Meanwhile, Zeynep tries to survive the Armenien Genocide and find Ali.

Thomas Lynch shares the lessons he learned about family, history, and the world while traveling back to his ancestors' home in Ireland.

Reveals the secret exchange between Romania and Israel in which Israel paid the Romanian government to let the 370,000 Jews of Romania who survived the Holocaust to immigrate to Israel.

Tells the story of the World War II incident in which nearly eight hundred Romanian Jews were killed when the decrepit cattle barge on which the refugees were traveling was destroyed by a Soviet submarine after being denied entry into British-controlled Palestine and expelled from Turkish waters, and discusses attempts in 2000 to locate the "Struma" at the bottom of the Black Sea.

A concise compilation of information on refugees, illegal aliens, and current immigration statistics.

"A young Mexican boy tells how he, his mother, and his sister travel across the border to search for his father and for work in Los Angeles"--Provided by publisher.

The author tells about her experiences in Haifa in 1947 as a foreign correspondent for the "New York Post," where she witnessed the arrival of the ship, Exodus 1947, carrying over 4,500 Holocaust survivors who were attempting to find refuge in Palestine.

Explains that the United States has never been a homogeneous, monoethnic nation, so the fact that whites will soon make up less than fifty percent of American society will not signal a major change in the country's government, economy, and culture.