
The Old World in the New / The Significance of Past and Present Immigration to the American People
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First published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Chapters (401)
- THE OLD WORLD IN THE NEW THE SIGNIFICANCE OF PAST AND PRESENT IMMIGRATION TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- THE OLD WORLD IN THE NEW
- CHAPTER I
- THE ORIGINAL MAKE-UP OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
- THE FRENCH HUGUENOTS
- THE GERMANS
- THE SCOTCH-IRISH
- THE TOLL OF THE SEA
- THE SIFTING BY THE WILDERNESS
- THE IMPRESS OF THE FRONTIER
- CHAPTER II
- THE CELTIC IRISH
- THE HIBERNIAN TIDE
- THE IRISH IN THE STRUGGLE FOR EXISTENCE
- ALCOHOLISM THE FREQUENT CAUSE OF POVERTY
- IRISH NEAR THE FOOT OF THE LIST IN CRIME
- GREAT CHANGES IN OCCUPATION AMONG THE IRISH
- IRISH INTELLECT AND MENTAL ABILITY
- TRAITS OF THE CELT
- FUTURE OF THE IRISH-AMERICAN
- CHAPTER III
- THE GERMANS
- DISTRIBUTION THROUGHOUT THE STATES
- ASSIMILATION WITH NEW NEIGHBORS
- INFLUENCE OF THE GERMANS IN AMERICA
- THE GERMANS IN THE CIVIL WAR
- THE GERMANS IN THE STRUGGLE FOR EXISTENCE
- ALCOHOLISM AMONG THE GERMANS
- AMOUNT OF CRIME NORMAL AMONG GERMANS
- WIDE VARIETY OF OCCUPATION
- TEUTONIC TRAITS
- CHAPTER IV
- THE SCANDINAVIANS
- DISTRIBUTION OF SCANDINAVIAN BLOOD
- SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS
- ALCOHOLISM AMONG THE SCANDINAVIANS
- FAVORITE OCCUPATIONS
- ASSIMILATION
- REACTION TO AMERICA
- CONTRASTS AMONG SCANDINAVIANS
- INTELLECTUAL ABILITY
- MENTAL AND PRACTICAL TRAITS
- CHAPTER V
- THE ITALIANS
- DISTRIBUTION THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES
- SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS
- NORTH ITALIANS AND SOUTH ITALIANS
- VARIETY OF OCCUPATIONS
- CHARACTERISTIC VICES
- VIOLENCE IN CRIME
- ASSIMILATION WITH AMERICANS
- LACK OF MENTAL ABILITY
- TRAITS OF ITALIAN CHARACTER
- CHAPTER VI
- THE SLAVS
- OCCUPATIONS OF THE SLAVIC IMMIGRANTS
- EXCESSIVE ALCOHOLISM AMONG THE SLAVS
- CRIMES OF THE PRIMITIVE PASSIONS
- SLAVIC BRUTALITY AND RECKLESS FECUNDITY
- SLOW ASSIMILATION
- SMALL ABILITY OF IMMIGRANT SLAVS
- THE ALARMING PROSPECT OF SLAVIC IMMIGRATION
- CHAPTER VII
- THE EAST EUROPEAN HEBREWS
- OCCUPATIONS
- MORALS
- CRIME
- RACE TRAITS
- THE RACE LINE
- CHAPTER VIII
- THE LESSER IMMIGRANT GROUPS
- THE FINNS
- THE MAGYARS
- THE PORTUGUESE
- THE GREEKS
- THE LEVANTINES
- CHAPTER IX
- ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF IMMIGRATION
- CHEAP LABOR A RAIN OF MANNA
- ENDLESS INFLOW OF THE NEEDIEST
- THE NEW IMMIGRATION AND THE HIGH COST OF LIVING
- IMMIGRANTS AND AGRICULTURE
- HELPING THE IMMIGRANT TO GET UPON THE SOIL
- INDUSTRIAL DISPLACEMENT
- IMMIGRANTS AND LABOR ORGANIZATIONS
- IMMIGRANTS AND WAGES
- IMMIGRANTS AND CONDITIONS OF WORK
- IS THE FOREIGNER INDISPENSABLE?
- IMMIGRANT WOMEN DOING MEN'S WORK
- WHAT BECOMES OF DISPLACED AMERICANS
- OUR STANDARD OF LIVING CRUMBLES
- IMMIGRATION AND CRISES
- THE RISE OF SOCIAL PRESSURE
- CHAPTER X
- SOCIAL EFFECTS OF IMMIGRATION
- ILLITERACY
- YELLOW JOURNALISM
- PEONAGE
- CASTE SPIRIT
- THE POSITION OF WOMEN
- THE SOCIAL EVIL
- HOUSING
- OVERGROWTH OF CITIES
- PAUPERISM
- THE WAYWARD CHILD OF THE IMMIGRANT
- INSANITY AMONG THE FOREIGN-BORN
- IMMIGRATION AND THE SEPARATE SCHOOL
- SOCIAL DECLINE
- CHAPTER XI
- IMMIGRANTS IN POLITICS
- THE NEW IMMIGRATION AND CITIZENSHIP
- THE NATURALIZED IMMIGRANTS AND THEIR LEADERS
- THE LOSS OF POLITICAL LIKE-MINDEDNESS
- POLITICAL MYSTICISM VS. COMMON SENSE
- CHAPTER XII
- AMERICAN BLOOD AND IMMIGRANT BLOOD
- IMMIGRATION AND GOOD LOOKS
- STATURE AND PHYSIQUE
- VITALITY
- MORALITY
- NATURAL ABILITY
- RACE SUICIDE
- APPENDIX
- TABLE I
- TABLE II
- TABLE III
- TABLE IV
- TABLE V
- TABLE VI
- TABLE VII
- TABLE VIII
- TABLE IX
- INDEX
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