Literary Nonfiction. Portuguese-American Studies. Immigration History. Jerry Williams's history of Azorean immigration to the United States offers us valuable insight into the experience and culture of Portuguese immigrants and their descendents. This account fills a major gap in American immigration history and gives us a comprehensive overview of how Portuguese-Americans--now numbering about a million people--have come to constitute a vibrant and highly visible presence within southeastern New England, the areas around San Francisco and San Diego, Hawaii, and the New Jersey/New York metropolitan area. Even though Azorean immigrants all came from similar cultural and social backgrounds, Williams shows how regionally specific opportunity structures and social hierarchies have contributed to significant differences within the Portuguese-American experience.

In Pursuit of Their Dreams: A History of Azorean Immigration To the United States (THE PORTUGUESE IN THE AMERICAS SERIES)

History

Williams, Jerry R.

Americas

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UMass Dartmouth 1960-2006 Trials and Triumph

Education & Teaching

Frederick V. Gifun

Schools & Teaching

2010 Independent Publisher Book Award Winner (IPPY) - Silver Medal in Multicultural FictionJulia Castro travels to her family's ancestral home in the Azores, after her father's disappearance, to find the islands abuzz with tales of ghost ships, seductive sirens, and a new island emerging from the sea. While searching for her father, Julia succumbs to the bewitching allure of the Azores, and to Nicolau, a fellow musician, who appears to hold as many secrets as the islands themselves. She discovers a place where dreams lie just beyond the horizon, shrouded in mist. History, legend, poetry and myth, are seamlessly interwoven, exploring the line between fate and self-determination, past and present, reality and illusion. The novel is a lyrical evocation of a locale and a people.

The Undiscovered Island (Portuguese in the Americas Series)

Literature & Fiction

Kastin, Darrell

Literary

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