This collection addresses the recent rebirth of interest in immigrant letters. As these letters are increasingly seen as key, rather than incidental, documents in the interpretations of gender, age, social class, and ethnicity/nationality, the scholars gathered here demonstrate a diversity of new approaches to their interpretation.

BRUCE S. ELLIOT is Professor of History, Carleton University, USA.

DAVID A. GERBER is Professor of History, University of Buffalo (SUNY), USA.

SUZANNE M. SINKE is Associate Professor of History, Florida State University, USA.