Immigration
- Subtitle
- A world movement and its American significance
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1. Front matter2. PREFACE3. CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION4. CHAPTER II THE UNITED STATES. COLONIAL PERIOD5. CHAPTER III 1783 TO 18206. CHAPTER IV 1820 TO 18607. CHAPTER V 1860 TO 18828. CHAPTER VI MODERN PERIOD. FEDERAL LEGISLATION9. CHAPTER VII VOLUME AND RACIAL COMPOSITION OF THE IMMIGRATION STREAM10. CHAPTER VIII THE CAUSES OF IMMIGRATION11. CHAPTER IX THE EFFECTS OF IMMIGRATION. CONDITIONS OF EMBARKATION AND TRANSPORTATION12. CHAPTER X INSPECTION. SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CONDITIONS OF ARRIVING IMMIGRANTS13. CHAPTER XI CONDITIONS OF IMMIGRANTS IN THE UNITED STATES. EFFECTS ON POPULATION. DISTRIBUTION14. CHAPTER XII CONDITIONS (continued). THE STANDARD OF LIVING15. CHAPTER XIII THE STANDARD OF LIVING (continued)16. CHAPTER XIV THE EXPLOITATION OF IMMIGRANTS. RELIGION. BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS. RECREATION17. CHAPTER XV CONDITIONS AFFECTING THE COUNTRY. WAGES. PAUPERISM. CRIME. INSANITY18. CHAPTER XVI INDUSTRIAL EFFECTS. CRISES. SOCIAL STRATIFICATION. POLITICAL EFFECTS19. CHAPTER XVII THE NEW PROBLEM OF IMMIGRATION20. CHAPTER XVIII THE NATURE OF THE PROBLEM21. CHAPTER XIX OTHER POINTS OF VIEW22. BIBLIOGRAPHY23. INDEX