Four Hundred Years in New York: a City of Immigrants Born for Adventure
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New York is a city shaped by the hands of immigrants. Every inch of land carries joys and sorrows, and every corner contains hidden past events. This book is written by American history professor Taylor Ambinder, who started with immigrant culture and spent many years investigating, interviewing, and sorting out the history of immigration development in New York over the past four hundred years. To a certain extent, it can also be regarded as the history of New York's urban construction. The book is unfolded and connected by real individual stories in the history of New York, including the Annie Moore family who were the first to board the Ellis Island immigration checkpoint on the "Nevada" immigration ship, the New York Governor Resler who was regarded as a rebel during the British coup, the German businessman Zenger who promoted the construction of New York's legal system, and the son of a Scottish milkman who worked hard all the way. MacDougall, who fought to become a wealthy businessman, Emma Lazarus, the Jewish poet who allowed the public to redefine the Statue of Liberty, Jacob Riis, the Danish immigrant who was the first to take photos of the horrific moments in a low-rent apartment building... Like many people who took the risk of immigrating to New York, the years they spent in New York changed the city, the country, and themselves.
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