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The Alien Invasion

The Alien Invasion

by W. H. Wilkins

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Author
Wilkins, W. H. (William Henry), 1860-1905
Credits
Produced by deaurider, Elisa 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
Great Britain -- Emigration and immigration
Category
Text
eBook-No.
47043
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/47043
Release Date
October 4, 2014
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.THE ALIEN INVASION
  2. 2.AUTHOR'S PREFACE.
  3. 3.INTRODUCTORY NOTE.
  4. 4.CONTENTS.
  5. 5.CHAPTER I. THE GENERAL ASPECT.
  6. 6.CHAPTER II. THE INCREASE AND EXTENT.
  7. 7.CHAPTER III. JEWISH IMMIGRATION.
  8. 8.CHAPTER IV. ITALIAN IMMIGRATION.
  9. 9.CHAPTER V. ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL CONSIDERATIONS.
  10. 10.CHAPTER VI. WOMAN'S BITTER CRY.
  11. 11.CHAPTER VII. THE SANITARY DANGER.
  12. 12.CHAPTER VIII. THE SOCIAL EVIL.
  13. 13.CHAPTER IX. LAWS AND CUSTOMS OF EUROPEAN COUNTRIES.
  14. 14.CHAPTER X. THE EXAMPLE OF THE UNITED STATES.
  15. 15.CHAPTER XI. THE COLONIAL ASPECT.
  16. 16.CHAPTER XII. THE REMEDIES.
  17. 17.APPENDIX A. SOME OBSOLETE ALIEN ACTS. [38] — STATUTES OF RICHARD II. — ACT OF HENRY IV. — ACT OF HENRY VI. re "HOSTS." — ACT OF RICHARD III. — PROCLAMATION HENRY VII. EXPULSION OF SCOTS. — MARY I. EXPULSION OF THE FRENCH. — ELIZABETH. — ALIEN ACTS OF THE GEORGIAN ERA. — CHARTIST ACT, 1848.
  18. 18.APPENDIX B. THE ALIEN ACT OF WILLIAM IV. — ANNO SEXTO GULIELMI IV. REGIS. CAP. XI.
  19. 19.APPENDIX C. ITALY.
  20. 20.APPENDIX D. DENMARK. — LAW ON FOREIGNERS AND TRAVELLERS.
  21. 21.APPENDIX E. SUMMARY OF THE THREE PRINCIPAL ACTS OF THE UNITED STATES. — I.—THE "ACT TO REGULATE IMMIGRATION," 1882. — II.—THE ALIEN CONTRACT LABOUR LAW, 1885. — III.—THE IMMIGRATION ACT OF 1891.
  22. 22.APPENDIX F. STATUTES PASSED BY THE COLONIES TO RESTRICT PAUPER IMMIGRATION. — CANADA. — VICTORIA. — SOUTH AUSTRALIA. — TASMANIA. — NEW ZEALAND.
  23. 23.APPENDIX G. LIST OF SOME OF THE PRINCIPAL LABOUR ORGANIZATIONS AND TRADES UNIONS WHICH HAVE CONDEMNED UNRESTRICTED ALIEN IMMIGRATION.
  24. 24.INDEX.
  25. 25.NOTES

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