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Immigration and cultural change [digital videodisc] / a production of Schlessinger Media ; InVision Communications, Inc ; director, Henry Nevison ; producer, Dana Palermo ; script writers, Margaret Hennessey, with Art Levy and Jonathan Zimmerman.

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Wynnewood, PA : Schlessinger Media, c2003.

Immigrants -- United States -- History.

United States -- Emigration and immigration -- History.

United States history origins to 2000 ; v. 12

1 videodisc (30 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 teacher's guide.

New Immigration -- Bosses, unions and agents -- Squalor of the cities -- Family and community -- A melting pot? -- Clash of generations -- Closing the golden door: China -- Closing the golden door: Europe -- That's entertainment -- Take me out to the ballgame -- Start spreading the news -- American dreams, lost and found.

Examines the large infusion of immigrants to the United States in the late 19th and early 20th century and how public schools, movies, newspapers and sports helped to Americanize the newcomers.

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