Immigrant Life in New York City, 1825-1863Syracuse University Press, 01/10/1994 - 331 páginas This is a historical study of acculturation in New York City. It documents the Americanization of foreign enclaves within the city, showing the effects produced by church, school, foreign-language press and libraries - the methods by which the Democratic Party enlisted the immigrant vote. |
Índice
THE LURE OF AMERICA | 1 |
THE EMPIRE CITY | 12 |
THE IMMIGRANT ARRIVES | 25 |
THE IMMIGRANT SETTLES | 37 |
TENEMENT LIFE | 48 |
GAINING A FOOTHOLD UNSKILLED LABOR | 61 |
GAINING A FOOTHOLD INDUSTRY | 73 |
GAINING A FOOTHOLD TRADE BUSINESS AND THE PROFESSIONS | 84 |
THE MAKING OF AMERICANS | 172 |
NOTE ON CENSUS STATISTICS | 185 |
IMMIGRATION | 187 |
POPULATION | 191 |
HEALTH | 200 |
PAUPERISM | 201 |
CRIME | 202 |
OCCUPATIONS | 206 |
IMMIGRANT AND NATIVE WORKERS | 99 |
THE GERMAN WORKERS ORGANIZE | 112 |
CONSCIOUSNESS OF KIND | 122 |
CHURCH SCHOOL AND CULTURAL ATTAINMENT | 135 |
THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE | 150 |
THE FOREIGN VOTE | 162 |
IMMIGRANT LAND OWNERS IN TWO SELECTED WARDS | 222 |
NATIVE AND NATURALIZED VOTERS AND ALIENS 1855 | 223 |
NOTES | 225 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | 297 |
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