An American in the Making

M E Ravage

• Hardcover | Engels | Multi-Ethnic Literatures of the Americas (Mela)
• At the turn of the twentieth century, M. E. Ravage set off in steerage for America, one of almost two million Jews who, like millions of others from e... Lees meer

Luso-American Literature

• Hardcover | Engels | Multi-Ethnic Literatures of the Americas (Mela)
• Portuguese and Cape Verdean immigrants have had a significant presence in North America since the nineteenth century. Recently, Brazilians have also e... Lees meer

Zora Neale Hurston

Zora Neale Hurston

• Paperback | Engels | Multi-Ethnic Literatures of the Americas (Mela)
• Though she died penniless and forgotten, Zora Neale Hurston is now recognized as a major figure in African American literature. Best known for her 193... Lees meer

Empire and The Literature of Sensation

• Paperback | Engels | Multi-Ethnic Literatures of the Americas (Mela)
• Mid-nineteenth-century American literature teems with the energy and excitement characteristic of the nation's era of expansion. It also reveals the i... Lees meer

Comedy: American Style

• Paperback | Engels | Multi-Ethnic Literatures of the Americas (Mela)
• Comedy: American Style, Jessie Redmon Fauset's fourth and final novel, recounts the tragic tale of a family's destructionùthe story of a mother who de... Lees meer

Luso-American Literature

• Paperback | Engels | Multi-Ethnic Literatures of the Americas (Mela)
• Portuguese and Cape Verdean immigrants have had a significant presence in North America since the nineteenth century. Recently, Brazilians have also e... Lees meer

A Long Way from Home

Claude McKay

• Paperback | Engels | Multi-Ethnic Literatures of the Americas (Mela)
• Claude McKay (1889-1948) was one of the most prolific and sophisticated African American writers of the early twentieth century. A Jamaican-born autho... Lees meer

Comedy: American Style

• Hardcover | Engels | Multi-Ethnic Literatures of the Americas (Mela)
• Comedy: American Style, Jessie Redmon Fauset's fourth and final novel, recounts the tragic tale of a family's destructionùthe story of a mother who de... Lees meer

The Grand Gennaro

Garibaldi Lapolla

• Paperback | Engels | Multi-Ethnic Literatures of the Americas (Mela)
• An illiterate Calabrian in southern Italy owes money to his church and mayor. He skips town for the bustling streets of New York. Meeting an old frien... Lees meer

Holy Prayers in a Horse's Ear

Kathleen Tamagawa

• Paperback | Engels | Multi-Ethnic Literatures of the Americas (Mela)
• Originally published in 1932, Kathleen Tamagawa's pioneering Asian American memoir is a sensitive and thoughtful look at the personal and social compl... Lees meer

An American in the Making

M E Ravage

• Paperback | Engels | Multi-Ethnic Literatures of the Americas (Mela)
• At the turn of the twentieth century, M. E. Ravage set off in steerage for America, one of almost two million Jews who, like millions of others from e... Lees meer

Visions and Divisions

• Paperback | Engels | Multi-Ethnic Literatures of the Americas (Mela)
• For many years, America cherished its image as a Golden Door for the world's oppressed. But during the Progressive Era, mounting racial hostility alon... Lees meer