Daily Life in Immigrant America, 1870-1920 - Hardcoverby June Granatir Alexander (Author) The second wave of US immigration from 1870 to 1920 brought over twenty six million men, women, and children onto American shores. This in depth study of the period underscores the diversity of peoples who came to the U. S. and highlights the significant shifts in geographic origins from northern and western Europe to southern and eastern Europe that occurred in the late nineteenth century and led to distinguishing