J.OWENS SMITH is Associate Professor of Political Science at California State University, Fullerton.

• Tables Series Forward Preface Introduction The Colonial Immigrants, 1600-1776: Anglo-Saxons, Dutch, French, and Scots-Irish The Second Wave of Immigrants, 1820-1870: Irish, Germans, and Scandinavians Italian and Jewish Immigrants, 1880-1910 Racial Ethnic Groups: Japanese, West Indians, and Puerto Ricans The Chief Cause of Blacks' Economic Inequality Assessment of Groups' Economic Linkages and Income Inequality How Did the European Immigrants Escape the Slums? Summary and Conclusions Appendix Selected Bibliography Index

J.OWENS SMITH is Associate Professor of Political Science at California State University, Fullerton.

• Tables Series Forward Preface Introduction The Colonial Immigrants, 1600-1776: Anglo-Saxons, Dutch, French, and Scots-Irish The Second Wave of Immigrants, 1820-1870: Irish, Germans, and Scandinavians Italian and Jewish Immigrants, 1880-1910 Racial Ethnic Groups: Japanese, West Indians, and Puerto Ricans The Chief Cause of Blacks' Economic Inequality Assessment of Groups' Economic Linkages and Income Inequality How Did the European Immigrants Escape the Slums? Summary and Conclusions Appendix Selected Bibliography Index