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Item Nr: B 103273 Title: SHUTTING OUT THE SKY: LIFE IN THE TENEMENTS
Grade Lvl: IJS Author: HOPKINSON, DEBORAH
Length: 134 Prod/Pub: ORCHARD
Copyright: 2003 Series:
Book Type: N Biographee:
Copies: 0 Loan Period: 42 days
 
  Subtitle: Life In the Tenements Of New York 1880-1924. Photographs and text document the experiences of five individuals who came to live in the Lower East Side of New York City as children or young adults from Belarus, Italy, Lithuaia, and Romania at the turn of the 20th century. Primary sources. AR 6.8. Follett RL 7.1. RC 7.5. Lexile 990.

  Subjects:
  58 - AMERICA--HISTORY/AMERICAN
  303 - CITIES AND TOWNS
  616 - IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION
  1127 - IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION--U.S.
  1679 - LEXILE 900-999
  800 - NEW YORK (CITY)
  885 - POVERTY
  1840 - PRIMARY SOURCES
  1007 - SOCIAL STUDIES
  1108 - U.S.--HISTORY
  1584 - U.S.--HISTORY--19TH CENTURY
  1120 - U.S.--HISTORY--20TH CENTURY
  1136 - U.S.--SOCIAL CONDITIONS