AMONG THE IMMIGRANTS WHO HELPED SHAPE 20TH-CENTURY AMERICA; SOME-SUCH AS ALBERT EINSTEIN AND MIKHAIL BARYSHNIKOV-ARRIVED AS CELEBRITIES. OTHERS-CARY GRANT AND HENRY KISSINGER FOR EXAMPLE BECAME FAMOUS HERE. IMMIGRANTS CREATED SUCH AMERICAN CLASSICS AS IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE AND ON THE WATERFRONT. WHITE CHRISTMAS AND GOD BLESS AMERICA. THEY CONTRIBUTED THE GLASS AND STEEL SKYSCRAPER; THE PAP SMEAR; AND THE HELICOPTER. THEY ADDED PIZZA; BAGELS AND TACOS TO THE NATIONAL DIET. IN 1951 HISTORIAN OSCAR HANDLIN SAID "ONCE I THOUGHT TO WRITE A HISTORY OF THE IMMIGRANTS IN AMERICA. THEN I DISCOVERED THAT THE IMMIGRANTS WERE AMERICAN HISTORY. FOR IMMIGRANTS: THE NEW AMERICANS THE EDITORS OF TIME-LIFE BOOKS HAVE COMBED THE HOLDINGS OF MUSEUMS; LIBRARIES; AND ARCHIVES AND CONDUCTED EXTENSIVE INTERVIEWS TO PRODUCE A VIVID; VISUALLY COMPELLING; AND EVOCATIVE LOOK AT THE COUNTRY'S IMMIGRANT EXPERIENCE IN THE 20TH CENTURY.
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