During the twentieth century, the rise of the concept of Americanization—shedding ethnic origins and signs of "otherness" to embrace a constructed American id

Issued in connection with an exhibition held June 7 through Nov 6, 2011, at the Museum of the City of New York.

Contains 120 posters by popular American artists, such as Robert Rauschenberg, Georgia O'Keeffe, Rupert Garcia, Ben Shahn, Will Bradley and Norman Rockwell. Hey

Peter D. Salins, a child of immigrants and a scholar of urban affairs, makes the case that at a time when the immigrant population of the United States is growi