Tenement Talk: One Quarter of the Nation

How have immigrants shaped our country today? In her groundbreaking new book, One Quarter of the Nation: Immigration and the Transformation of America, sociologist Nancy Foner documents the impacts of immigration in the last half-century, from the economy and politics, in cities and rural areas, and on formative ideas about race and culture.

Watch a past Tenement Talk with Nancy Foner livestreamed from the Museum’s 20th-century tenement apartment! She’s joined by Suketu Mehta, writer, journalist, and Professor at New York University, for a conversation on how immigrants, as one-quarter of the nation, continue to redefine American society.