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Professor: Dr. Peter Vellon
peter.vellon@qc.cuny.edu
Instructional Technology Fellow: Caroline Erb-Medina
cerb@gc.cuny.edu
Category Archives: March 5
Source of Hate
When Nancy Foner talks about the old immigrants, she talks about the horrific living conditions they were forced into. These low class immigrants from Ireland and other European countries endured near-homeless conditions in their hopes of a better life. However, … Continue reading
Posted in Jordan Willner, March 5
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Subpar Living Conditions, Then and Now
I find it appalling that some of the most atrocious indecencies that turn of the century immigrants suffered are still around for the immigrants of today. When reading Nancy Foner’s description of the tenements, I could not believe the squalor … Continue reading
Posted in Danielle Cohen, March 5
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The Lingering View Towards Immigrants
As we have learned in multiple history classes, when immigrants first came to the United States in last century, they lived in abominable conditions. In Five Points by Tyler Anbinder, it gives the Old Brewery as an example of how … Continue reading
Posted in Gabriella Deane, March 5
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The New Trend in Immigrant Living Conditions
When people think of old immigrants coming to America, they consider the Irish, English, German, and Dutch, escaping political unrest, famine, and religious persecution in hopes of a better life. However, after the publication of Jacob Riis’ photo journal How … Continue reading
Posted in Christos Mouzakitis, March 5
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