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Do historians "write their biographies" with the subjects they choose to address in their research? In this collection, editors Alan M. Kraut and David A. Gerber compiled eleven original essays by historians whose own ethnic backgrounds shaped the choices they have made about their own research and writing as scholars. These authors, historians of American immigration and ethnicity, revisited family and personal experiences and reflect on how their lives helped shape their later scholarly pursuits, at times inspiring specific questions they asked of the nation's immigrant past. They address issues of diversity, multiculturalism, and assimilation in academia, in the discipline of history, and in society at large. Most have been pioneers not only in their respective fields, but also in representing their ethnic group within American academia. Some of the women in the group were in the vanguard of gender diversity in the discipline of history as well as on the faculties of the institutions where they have taught.
The authors in this collection represent a wide array of backgrounds, spanning Europe, Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America. What they have in common is their passionate engagement with the making of social and personal identities and with finding a voice to explain their personal stories in public terms.
Contributors: Theresa Alfaro-Velcamp, John Bodnar, MarÍa C. GarcÍa, David A. Gerber, Violet M. Showers Johnson, Alan M. Kraut, Timothy J. Meagher, Deborah Dash Moore, Dominic A. Pacyga, Barbara M. Posadas, Eileen H. Tamura, Virginia Yans, Judy Yung
Contents
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction by David A. Gerber
2. Worlds Apart and Together: From Italian American Girlhood to Historian of Immigration by Virginia Yans
3. Sidewalk Histories by Deborah Dash Moore
4. Coal Town Chronicles and Scholarly Books by John Bodnar
5. Ethnic and Racial Identities: A Polish Filipina's Progress by Barbara M. Posadas
6. From Back of the Yards to the College Classroom by Dominic A. Pacyga
7. Why Irish? Writing Irish American History by Timothy J. Meagher
8. In Our Own Words: Reclaiming Chinese American Women's History by Judy Yung
9. Ordinary People by Eileen H. Tamura
10. Americana by MarÍa Christina GarcÍa
11. Meddling in the American Dilemma: Race, Migrations, and Identities from an Africana Transnational Perspective by Violet M. Showers Johnson
12. From Uncle Mustafa to Auntie Rana: Journeys to Mexico, the United States, and Lebanon by Theresa Alfaro-Velcamp
Coda by Alan M. Kraut
Notes on Contributors
