The Old World in the New

About this eBook

Author

Ross, Edward Alsworth, 1866-1951

Title

The Old World in the New The Significance of Past and Present Immigration to the American People

Credits

Produced by David Edwards 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

United States -- Emigration and immigration

Category

Text

eBook-No.

47954

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/47954

Release Date

January 13, 2015

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE OLD WORLD IN THE NEW THE SIGNIFICANCE OF PAST AND PRESENT IMMIGRATION TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
2. 2.PREFACE
3. 3.CONTENTS
4. 4.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
5. 5.THE OLD WORLD IN THE NEW
6. 6.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
7. 7.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
8. 8.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
9. 9.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
10. 10.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
11. 11.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
12. 12.CHAPTER VII — THE EAST EUROPEAN HEBREWS — OCCUPATIONS — MORALS — CRIME — RACE TRAITS — THE RACE LINE
13. 13.CHAPTER VIII — THE LESSER IMMIGRANT GROUPS — THE FINNS — THE MAGYARS — THE PORTUGUESE — THE GREEKS — THE LEVANTINES
14. 14.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
15. 15.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
16. 16.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
17. 17.CHAPTER XII — AMERICAN BLOOD AND IMMIGRANT BLOOD — IMMIGRATION AND GOOD LOOKS — STATURE AND PHYSIQUE — VITALITY — MORALITY — NATURAL ABILITY — RACE SUICIDE
18. 18.APPENDIX — TABLE I — TABLE II — TABLE III — TABLE IV — TABLE V — TABLE VI — TABLE VII — TABLE VIII — TABLE IX
19. 19.INDEX — FOOTNOTES: — Transcriber's note:

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