Front doors to freedom, portal to the past: History at the Ellis Island Immigration Museum, New York

Social and Cultural Geography

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 437-457

  Desforges, Luke ^a   Maddern, Joanne ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Heritage; Immigration; Multicultural diversity; Museums; New York; Social identity

Indexed keywords

MUSEUM;

NEW YORK [NEW YORK (STT)]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 11144271482     PISSN: 14649365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1464936042000252813     Document Type: Article

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