Foreign Influences in American Life

by David F. Bowers (Editor)

Overview

The specific social and historical role of the immigrant is considered.

Originally published in 1966.

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780691623764
Publisher:	Princeton University Press
Publication date:	12/08/2015
Series:	Princeton Studies in American Civilization , #2059
Pages:	282
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.60(d)

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter, pg. i
• FOREWORD, pg. v
• CONTENTS, pg. ix
• I . THE PROBLEM OF SOCIAL AND CULTURAL IMPACT, pg. 3
• II. THE AMERICANIZATION OF THE IMMIGRANT, pg. 39
• III. THE PROBLEM OF ETHNIC AND NATIONAL IMPACT FROM A SOCIOLOGICAL POINT OF VIEW, pg. 57
• IV. ETHNIC AND NATIONAL FACTORS IN THE AMERICAN ECONOMIC ETHIC, pg. 67
• V. THE IMMIGRANT AND AMERICAN POLITICS, pg. 84
• VI. FOREIGN INFLUENCES IN AMERICAN ART, pg. 99
• VII. THE AMERICAN LITERARY EXPATRIATE, pg. 126
• VIII. HEGEL, DARWIN, AND THE AMERICAN TRADITION, pg. 146
• IMMIGRATION BETWEEN 1800 AND 1924, pg. 173
• THE PATTERN OF ASSIMILATION, pg. 186
• THE ECONOMIC IMPACT, pg. 195
• THE POLITICAL IMPACT, pg. 207
• THE ARTISTIC AND LITERARY IMPACT, pg. 220
• THE RELIGIOUS AND PHILOSOPHIC IMPACT, pg. 235