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The Old World in the New: The Significance of Past and Present Immigration to the American PeopleRoss, Edward Alsworth

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

Name: The Old World in the New: The Significance of Past and Present Immigration to the American People
Author: Ross, Edward Alsworth

Ross, Edward Alsworth

Immigrants -- United States; Noncitizens -- United States; United States -- Emigration and immigration

Congestion, of Irish, 30;
    of Germans, 60;
    of Scandinavians, 76;
    of Italians, 112, 117-118;
    of Slavs, 126;
    of Hebrews, 145;
    of Magyars, 173-174;
    of Portuguese, 180;
    of Levantines, 194;
    of foreign-born, 238-240, 244, 300-303.

  Convict element in the Colonies, 8-9.

  Cost of living, causes of high, 201-202.

  Courage, 30, 125-126, 262, 295.

  Crises and immigration, 222.

  Cranberry pickers, 179.

  Criminality, Irish, 33, 34;
    German, 61;
    Greek, 62;
    Scandinavian, 72;
    Italian, 98, 101, 106-111;
    Slavic, 129;
    Hebrew, 34, 62, 155-157;
    Finnish, 33, 169;
    Magyar, 175;
    Portuguese, 175-176.

  Criminals, elimination of, in the Colonies, 9.

  Crossing, effects of, 288-289.

  Cumings, quoted, 22.


  Dalmatians in horticulture, 203.

  Danish immigrants, 74, 81.

  Deforestation, 203.

  Democracy, immigrants and, 42, 54-57, 76, 91-92, 119, 136, 158,
      256, 263, 264, 269, 276-281.

  _Deutschtum_ in America, 50-51, 76.

  Displacement, industrial, 207-209.

  Dutch immigrants, 4, 70, 298.


  Economic character of present immigration, 183-184, 195-197, 225,
      298, 299.

  Education, interest of immigrants in, 79, 98, 112, 136, 148,
      157-159, 170, 181, 189, 190, 236, 246, 251-254.

  Elimination, 16-20, 290-292.

  Emigration-promoting, 195-197, 226.

  Emigration to Canada, 298.

  Emotional instability of Italians, 118-119.

  English immigrants, 3-9, 297, 298.

  English, ability to speak, 76, 112, 136-137, 169, 176, 236-237,
      253-254.

  Ethical endowment, race contrasts in, 293-295.


  Fairchild, Professor, quoted, 184, 294.

  Family size, 21-23, 30, 47, 71-72, 127, 130-134, 136, 139, 236,
      244, 287, 292, 299-304.

  Fecundity, early American, 21-23;
    Irish, 26, 29;
    Scandinavian, 71-72;
    Italian, 95;
    Slavic, 130-134, 136, 139-140;
    Portuguese, 180;
    foreign-born, 236, 287, 299-304.

  Ferrero, quoted, 280.

  Feudalism, industrial, 214, 215;
    political, 269-272.

  Finnish immigrants, 168, 173, 299.

  Foreign stock, proportion of, 239-240, 282-285.

  "Forty-eighters," the, 47, 50, 57, 64.

  Franklin, Benjamin, quoted, 11.

  French immigrants, 10, 14, 62, 298.

  Frontier, selective influence of the, 20-23.


  Galician Jews, degradation of, 146, 165.

  Gambling, 98, 105, 156.

  Genoese, 111.

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The Old World in the New: The Significance of Past and Present Immigration to the American PeopleRoss, Edward Alsworth

History

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

Ross, Edward Alsworth

Immigrants -- United States; Noncitizens -- United States; United States -- Emigration and immigration

Congestion, of Irish, 30;
    of Germans, 60;
    of Scandinavians, 76;
    of Italians, 112, 117-118;
    of Slavs, 126;
    of Hebrews, 145;
    of Magyars, 173-174;
    of Portuguese, 180;
    of Levantines, 194;
    of foreign-born, 238-240, 244, 300-303.

  Convict element in the Colonies, 8-9.

  Cost of living, causes of high, 201-202.

  Courage, 30, 125-126, 262, 295.

  Crises and immigration, 222.

  Cranberry pickers, 179.

  Criminality, Irish, 33, 34;
    German, 61;
    Greek, 62;
    Scandinavian, 72;
    Italian, 98, 101, 106-111;
    Slavic, 129;
    Hebrew, 34, 62, 155-157;
    Finnish, 33, 169;
    Magyar, 175;
    Portuguese, 175-176.

  Criminals, elimination of, in the Colonies, 9.

  Crossing, effects of, 288-289.

  Cumings, quoted, 22.


  Dalmatians in horticulture, 203.

  Danish immigrants, 74, 81.

  Deforestation, 203.

  Democracy, immigrants and, 42, 54-57, 76, 91-92, 119, 136, 158,
      256, 263, 264, 269, 276-281.

  _Deutschtum_ in America, 50-51, 76.

  Displacement, industrial, 207-209.

  Dutch immigrants, 4, 70, 298.


  Economic character of present immigration, 183-184, 195-197, 225,
      298, 299.

  Education, interest of immigrants in, 79, 98, 112, 136, 148,
      157-159, 170, 181, 189, 190, 236, 246, 251-254.

  Elimination, 16-20, 290-292.

  Emigration-promoting, 195-197, 226.

  Emigration to Canada, 298.

  Emotional instability of Italians, 118-119.

  English immigrants, 3-9, 297, 298.

  English, ability to speak, 76, 112, 136-137, 169, 176, 236-237,
      253-254.

  Ethical endowment, race contrasts in, 293-295.


  Fairchild, Professor, quoted, 184, 294.

  Family size, 21-23, 30, 47, 71-72, 127, 130-134, 136, 139, 236,
      244, 287, 292, 299-304.

  Fecundity, early American, 21-23;
    Irish, 26, 29;
    Scandinavian, 71-72;
    Italian, 95;
    Slavic, 130-134, 136, 139-140;
    Portuguese, 180;
    foreign-born, 236, 287, 299-304.

  Ferrero, quoted, 280.

  Feudalism, industrial, 214, 215;
    political, 269-272.

  Finnish immigrants, 168, 173, 299.

  Foreign stock, proportion of, 239-240, 282-285.

  "Forty-eighters," the, 47, 50, 57, 64.

  Franklin, Benjamin, quoted, 11.

  French immigrants, 10, 14, 62, 298.

  Frontier, selective influence of the, 20-23.


  Galician Jews, degradation of, 146, 165.

  Gambling, 98, 105, 156.

  Genoese, 111.

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

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

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