Special Sorrows: The Diasporic Imagination of Irish, Polish, and Jewish Immigrants in the United States

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Summary: Breakthrough Immigration and Social Science Work
Review: Jacobson's book is at once a painstaking review of original texts and a highly compelling read, no matter how long ago your family arrived. A must read for professional historians and anyone interested in American Studies and Cultural History

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Summary: Where's the paperback?
Review: This marvelous and insightful immigration history represents cultural history at its finest, with brilliant thoughts on the broader issues of homeland, citizenship and national identity alongside detailed investigations of Polish, Irish, and Eastern European settlers. If only this book was published in paperback, so it would be more accessible in the classroom!