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by Carl Wittke. 552 pgs.

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Contributors:

   Carl Wittke

Publisher:

   Prentice Hall

Place of Publication:

  New York  

Publication Year:

  1939
Subjects:   United States--Emigration And Immigration, United States--Foreign Population
Table of contents
Contents
INTRODUCTION XI
1. THE IMMIGRANT TRAFFIC 3
2. THE DUTCH 14
3. THE FRENCH 23
4. THE WELSH, SWEDES, AND JEWS 35
The Welsh 35
The Swedes 36
The Jews 39
5. THE COLONIAL EMIGRATION FROM IRELAND 44
6. THE COLONIAL GERMANS 67
7. THE IMMIGRANT TRAFFIC 101
8. THE IRISH 129
9. THE GERMANS 186
10. THE SCANDINAVIANS 257
The Swedes 260
The Norwegians 277
The Icelanders and the Finns 288
11. THE SWISS, DUTCH, RUSSIAN-GERMANS, WELSH, FRENCH, AND JEWS 297
The Swiss 297
The Dutch 301
The Russian-Germans 307
The Welsh 310
The French 313
The Jews 324
12. IMMIGRANT Utopias 342
13. CULTURE IN IMMIGRANT CHESTS 365
Painting 366
Sculpture 367
Music 368
Drama 380
The Professions 386
Medicine 387
Architecture, Engineering, and Construction 389
Miscellaneous fields 391
Manufacturing and Business 393
14. THE CZECHS AND SLOVAKS 407
The New Immigration 407
The Czechs 412
The Slovaks 418
15. THE POLES, JUGOSLAVS, RUSSIANS, HUNGARIANS, AND MINOR GROUPS 422
The Poles 422
The Jugoslavs 429
The Russians 431
The Hungarians 434
Minor Groups 437
The Bulgarians 437
15. THE POLES, JUGOSLAVS, RUSSIANS, HUNGARIANS, AND MINOR GROUPS (Cont.):
The Lithuanians 437
The Latvians 437
16. THE ITALIANS 440
17. GREEKS, ARMENIANS, PORTUGUESE, SPANISH, MEXICANS AND PUERTO RICANS 453
The Greeks 453
The Armenians 460
The Portuguese 462
The Spanish 465
The Mexicans 466
The Puerto Ricans 467
18. ORIENTAL IMMIGRATION 472
The Chinese 472
The Japanese 479
19. CLOSING THE GATES 487
Nativism Before 1850 488
Know-Nothingism 497
The A. P. A. and K. K. K 510
Immigration Legislation 521
INDEX 539
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