1. Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. 1. Introduction 1
5. 2. Worlds Apart and Together: From Italian American Girlhood to Historian of Immigration 17
6. 3. Sidewalk Histories 32
7. 4. Coal Town Chronicles and Scholarly Books 46
8. 5. Ethnic and Racial Identities: A Polish Filipina’s Progress in Chicago and the Profession 66
9. 6. From Back of the Yards to the College Classroom 80
10. 7. Why Irish? Writing Irish American History 94
11. 8. In Our Own Words: Reclaiming Chinese American Women’s History 111
12. 9. Ordinary People 128
13. 10. Americana 145
14. 11. Meddling in the American Dilemma: Race, Migrations, and Identities from an Africana Transnational Perspective 157
15. 12. From Uncle Mustafa to Auntie Rana: Journeys to Mexico, the United States, and Lebanon 175
16. Coda 189
17. Notes on Contributors 205