American Industry and the European Immigrant, 1860–1885

Charlotte Erickson

Published by Harvard University Press 1957

American Industry and the European Immigrant, 1860–1885

Charlotte Erickson

Volume 13 in the series Studies in Economic History

https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674333307

Contents

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
PREFACE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	vii
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
PART I. THE SEARCH FOR SKILL
Chapter 1. ORGANIZED EFFORTS T O PROMOTE IMMIGRATION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
Chapter 2. PATTERNS OF PRIVATE RECRUITMENT, 1860-1885 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	32
Chapter 3. UNCERTAINTIES OF THE CONTRACT LABOR SYSTEM Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	46
PART II. FROM EUROPEAN FARMS TO AMERICAN INDUSTRY
Chapter 4. AGENCIES IN EUROPE FOR RECRUITING UNSKILLED INDUSTRIAL LABOR Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	67
Chapter 5. THE DISTRIBUTION OF UNSKILLED IMMIGRANTS TO INDUSTRY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	88
Chapter 6. REACTIONS IN THE MINES AND ON THE RAILROADS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	106
Chapter 7. MACHINERY AND IMMIGRATION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	123
PART III. THE ANTI-CONTRACT LABOR LAWS
Chapter 8. THE WINDOW GLASS WORKERS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	139
Chapter 9. THE FORAN ACT Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	148
Chapter 10. EXPERIMENTS WHICH FAILED Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	167
APPENDICES
APPENDIX I. STATEMENTS OF WAGES AND PRICES PUBLISHED BY THE AMERICAN EMIGRANT COMPANY IN EUROPE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	188
APPENDIX II. THE FOREIGN BORN IN THE UNITED STATES LABOR FORCE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	190
APPENDIX III. WORK OF THE CASTLE GARDEN LABOR BUREAU Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	192
APPENDIX IV. CONTRACT LABORERS DEPORTED FROM THE UNITED STATES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	195
APPENDIX V. FEDERAL DIVISION OF INFORMATION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	196
NOTES
ABBREVIATIONS USED IN NOTES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	198
NOTES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	199
INDEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	257

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Copyright year: 1957
Edition: Reprint 2014
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Front matter: 10
- Main content: 269
Keywords: Working class -- United States.; United States -- Emigration and immigration.

eBook

Published: October 1, 2013
ISBN: 9780674333307

Hardcover

Published: February 5, 1957
ISBN: 9780674282513