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Suzanne Fisher received her Master's in Library Science from the School of Library and Information Science, State University of New York at Albany and her MA in French from the State University of New York at Albany. She is Head of Adult Services at the library, where she has led the fiction book discussion group since 1997 and the nonfiction group since 2006. In 2005 she received the New York Times Librarian Award.
Vincent J. Cannato is associate professor of history at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. He received his BA with honors in Political Science from Williams College and his PhD in History from Columbia University. At UMASS-Boston, Professor Cannato teaches courses on New York City history, Boston history, immigration history, and twentieth-century American history.
He is the author of American Passage: The History of Ellis Island (HarperCollins, 2009) and The Ungovernable City: John Lindsay and His Struggle to Save New York (Basic Books, 2001).
Professor Cannato has written for numerous publications, including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post. He has also received a Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
His website is www.vincentcannato.com
Websites Mentioned in This Blog
- American Family Immigration History Center
- Angel Island Immigration Station
- Boston Globe article on Angel Island
- Coalition Against Trafficking in Women
- Inter-American Commission for Women
- Interpol
- Museum of Chinese in America
- National Archives
- National Park Service Ellis Island Website
- New York Times article "Descent into Slavery . . ."
- New York Times article "Funds Sought to Continue Restoration at Ellis Island"
- New York Times article "New Life in U.S. No Longer Means New Name"
- New York Times review of Kurlansky’s book
- Read about Canadian Multiculturalism
- Read about the Alien and Sedition Acts on the Library of Congress website.
- Read about “The Melting Pot” on the PBS website
- Save Ellis Island
- United Nations
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New York Council for the Humanties
1 comments:
The history of Ellis Island is important for all Americans to know. I am so glad that I had the chance to read "American Passages" and visit Ellis Island. I am encouraging my children to bring my grandchildren to visit this historcial treasure.
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