"Children of the Tenements" by Jacob A. Riis is a non-fiction book that explores the lives of impoverished children living in New York City's tenement...
First published in 1916, this eye-opening treatise became a touchstone for the dark undercurrents of society's belief in racial superiority and the co...
My Ántonia tells the stories of several immigrant families who move out to rural Nebraska to start new lives in America, with a particular focus on a...
Set in New York City during the late 18th century, "Maid of Maiden Lane" intertwines the political and social upheavals of the time with a captivating...
Set in the Deep South in the era of slavery, this novel follows the lives of Jonathan Jefferson Whitlaw and his family as they navigate the complex so...
Our Little Australian Cousin is a delightful look back at how people and children lived in the late 1800s in Australia, then part of the British Empir...
Edward Steiner's 'On the Trail of the Immigrant' is a firsthand account of the immigrant experience in late 19th and early 20th century America. It te...
In "They Who Knock at Our Gates," Mary Antin, a Jewish immigrant who successfully assimilated into American society, tackles the complex issue of immi...
Jacob Riis's "Out of Mulberry Street" offers a raw and intimate look at the lives of immigrants in late 19th-century New York City. Through poignant s...
O Cortiço, a masterpiece by Aluísio Azevedo, is a powerful and unflinching portrayal of life in a tenement building in late 19th-century Rio de Janeir...
This book is a collection of poems by Roderic Quinn, the seventh child of Irish immigrants. He was variously a teacher, public servant and newspaper e...
