America: Promised Land

1 season available

An examination of the patterns of human migration and the great forces that set humankind in motion, such as the Great Potato Famine and other historical events.
Part 1
S1 E1

From Colonial times to the Civil War, the history of how America was populated by immigrants and the forces that set them in motion; descendants of immigrants tell their ancestors' stories, focusing on their hardships, triumphs and contributions.

Part 2
S1 E2

From the 1900s to the 1970s, the history of how immigrants transformed the United States; the patterns of migration with a focus on the massive movements of people since the Industrial Revolution, including the Great Migration.