The United States is considered the world's foremost refuge for foreigners, and no place in the nation symbolizes t
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A study of the Ellis Island museum, its gift shop, and the Statue of Liberty form the basis of reflections on sex, natio
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From 1892 to 1954, Ellis Island processed 12 million immigrants. Produced in cooperation with the Ellis Island Research
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Howard Andrew Knox (1885–1949) served as assistant surgeon at Ellis Island during the 1910s, administering a range of ve
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Island -- Castle garden -- A proper sieve -- Peril at the portals -- Brahmins -- Feud -- Cleaning house -- Fighting back
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After Ellis Island is an unprecedented study of America's foreign-born population at a critical juncture in immigra
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Though debates over immigration have waxed and waned in the course of American history, the importance of immigrants to
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