Press Release Summary = The History Box.com, a non-profit educational website, contains an extensive narration by Miriam Medina on European and Asian immigration to the United States during the 1800s into the early 1900s.
Press Release Body = \"I Go To America, Reaching For the American Dream\" is my narration. I am Miriam Medina, the author of this four part essay . I describe how a mass of emigrants from various origins left their places of birth in pursuit of the \"American Dream\", which symbolized for them democracy, equality, liberty, justice and most of all, material well-being. A detailed description of their lives, struggles and despair, offers the reader a personal glimpse of immigrant living during the 1800s into the early 1900s. My narrative covers a lot: the severe hardships of Europe\'s inhabitants, the era of industrial and economic growth in America, the need and search for workers in Europe, exploitation of the vulnerability of the masses, starvation and diseases ending in death for some of the immigrants in their journey to America, the protest of the Americans to restrict the influx of immigration, discriminatory lawmaking and restrictions on Immigrants by the U.S. government, the horrendous conditions of tenement living amid the crime, filth and disease, the immigrant\'s final triumph overcoming obstacles of discrimination, illiteracy and poverty giving place to a new image of productive and successful citizens: All are part of \"I Go To America, Reaching For the American Dream," located in the Immigration section under the New York City Main Directory, thehistorybox.com.
\"I Go To America, Reaching For the American Dream\" is based on eight years of extensive research from public records, books, newspapers and web links.
TheHistoryBox.com is a source of trustworthy information for literary scholars, writers, historical societies and academic institutions.
In her capacity as the Website creator and administrator, Miriam Medina is a member of the following societies: The New York Historical Society, The New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, Urban History Association, the Sheboygan County Historical Research Center and the American Association for State and Local History.
History is Miriam Medina\'s passion, and she loves nothing more than sharing her long-term relationship with you.
2012
