Immigration

About this eBook

Author

Fairchild, Henry Pratt, 1880-1956

Title

Immigration : A world movement and its American significance

Original Publication

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1913.

Credits

Richard Tonsing, deaurider, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

JV: Political science: Colonies and colonization, International migration

Subject

Emigration and immigration

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 73074

Release Date

March 1, 2024

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.IMMIGRATION A WORLD MOVEMENT AND ITS AMERICAN SIGNIFICANCE
2. 2.PREFACE
3. 3.TABLE OF CONTENTS — CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION
4. 4.CHAPTER II THE UNITED STATES. COLONIAL PERIOD
5. 5.CHAPTER III 1783 TO 1820
6. 6.CHAPTER IV 1820 TO 1860
7. 7.CHAPTER V 1860 TO 1882
8. 8.CHAPTER VI MODERN PERIOD. FEDERAL LEGISLATION
9. 9.CHAPTER VII VOLUME AND RACIAL COMPOSITION OF THE IMMIGRATION STREAM
10. 10.CHAPTER VIII THE CAUSES OF IMMIGRATION
11. 11.CHAPTER IX THE EFFECTS OF IMMIGRATION. CONDITIONS OF EMBARKATION AND TRANSPORTATION
12. 12.CHAPTER X INSPECTION. SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CONDITIONS OF ARRIVING IMMIGRANTS
13. 13.CHAPTER XI CONDITIONS OF IMMIGRANTS IN THE UNITED STATES. EFFECTS ON POPULATION. DISTRIBUTION
14. 14.CHAPTER XII CONDITIONS ( continued ). THE STANDARD OF LIVING
15. 15.CHAPTER XIII THE STANDARD OF LIVING ( continued )
16. 16.CHAPTER XIV THE EXPLOITATION OF IMMIGRANTS. RELIGION. BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS. RECREATION
17. 17.CHAPTER XV CONDITIONS AFFECTING THE COUNTRY. WAGES. PAUPERISM. CRIME. INSANITY
18. 18.CHAPTER XVI INDUSTRIAL EFFECTS. CRISES. SOCIAL STRATIFICATION. POLITICAL EFFECTS
19. 19.CHAPTER XVII THE NEW PROBLEM OF IMMIGRATION
20. 20.CHAPTER XVIII THE NATURE OF THE PROBLEM
21. 21.CHAPTER XIX OTHER POINTS OF VIEW
22. 22.BIBLIOGRAPHY — GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS — Books — Magazine Articles, etc. — GENERAL MIGRATION — Books — Magazine Articles, etc. — COLONIAL PERIOD — Books — RACIAL STUDIES — Books — Magazine Articles, etc. — INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS — Books — Magazine Articles, etc. — POLITICAL RELATIONS — Books — Magazine Articles, etc. — RELIGIOUS RELATIONS — Books — Magazine Articles, etc. — SOCIAL RELATIONS — Books — Magazine Articles, etc. — STANDARD OF LIVING — Books — Magazine Articles, etc. — SHIPPING CONDITIONS — Magazine Articles, etc.
23. 23.INDEX

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