Education
University of Minnesota. Antioch University New England.
(Using the intrepid, multiethnic staff of the city newspap...)
Using the intrepid, multiethnic staff of the city newspaper--where people are risking their lives to get the paper out--as a microcosm of the city itself, the author offers an account of war in Sarajevo.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0060190523/?tag=2022091-20
(“An incisive look at immigration, assimilation, and natio...)
“An incisive look at immigration, assimilation, and national identity” (Kirkus Reviews) and the landmark immigration law that transformed the face of the nation more than fifty years ago, as told through the stories of immigrant families in one suburban county in Virginia. In the years since the 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act, the foreign-born population of the United States has tripled. Americans today are vastly more diverse than ever. They look different, speak different languages, practice different religions, eat different foods, and enjoy different cultures. In 1950, Fairfax County, Virginia, was ninety percent white, ten percent African-American, with a little more than one hundred families who were “other.” Currently the Anglo white population is less than fifty percent, and there are families of Asian, African, Middle Eastern, and Latin American origin living all over the county. “In A Nation of Nations, National Public Radio correspondent Tom Gjelten brings these changes to life” (The Wall Street Journal), following a few immigrants to Fairfax County over recent decades as they gradually “Americanize.” Hailing from Korea, Bolivia, and Libya, the families included illustrate common immigrant themes: friction between minorities, economic competition and entrepreneurship, and racial and cultural stereotyping. It’s been half a century since the Immigration and Nationality Act changed the landscape of America, and no book has assessed the impact or importance of this law as A Nation of Nations. With these “powerful human stories…Gjelten has produced a compelling and informative account of the impact of the 1965 reforms, one that is indispensable reading at a time when anti-immigrant demagoguery has again found its way onto the main stage of political discourse” (The Washington Post).
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/147674386X/?tag=2022091-20
(In this widely hailed book, NPR correspondent Tom Gjelten...)
In this widely hailed book, NPR correspondent Tom Gjelten fuses the story of the Bacardi family and their famous rum business with Cuba's tumultuous experience over the last 150 years to produce a deeply entertaining historical narrative. The company Facundo Bacardi launched in Cuba in 1862 brought worldwide fame to the island, and in the decades that followed his Bacardi descendants participated in every aspect of Cuban life. With his intimate account of their struggles and adventures across five generations, Gjelten brings to life the larger story of Cuba's fight for freedom, its tortured relationship with America, the rise of Fidel Castro, and the violent division of the Cuban nation.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0143116320/?tag=2022091-20
(The definitive account of the war in Bosnia, this book, w...)
The definitive account of the war in Bosnia, this book, written by an award-winning reporter for NPR, illuminates the issues at the heart of that conflict and captures the tragedy of Sarajevo through the story of the city's daily newspaper. Includes three pages of maps and 15 photos.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0060926627/?tag=2022091-20
University of Minnesota. Antioch University New England.
Gjelten has worked for National Public Radio since 1982, when he joined the organization as a labor and education reporter. More recently he has covered diplomatic and national security issues, based at National Public Radio"s headquarters in Washington, District of Columbia Gjelten is a graduate of the University of Minnesota and began his professional career as a public school teacher at the North Haven Community School, North Haven, Maine, and as a freelance writer
(“An incisive look at immigration, assimilation, and natio...)
(The definitive account of the war in Bosnia, this book, w...)
(In this widely hailed book, NPR correspondent Tom Gjelten...)
(Using the intrepid, multiethnic staff of the city newspap...)
He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.