I. INTRODUCTION, II. THE UNITED STATES. COLONIAL PERIOD, III. 1783 TO 1820, IV. 1820 TO 1860, V. 1860 TO 1882, VI. MODERN PERIOD. FEDERAL LEGISLATION, VII. VOLUME AND RACIAL COMPOSITION OF THE IMMIGRATION STREAM, VIII. THE CAUSES OF IMMIGRATION, IX. THE EFFECTS OF IMMIGRATION. CONDITIONS OF EMBARKATION AND TRANSPORTATION, X. INSPECTION. SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CONDITIONS OF ARRIVING IMMIGRANTS, XI. CONDITIONS OF IMMIGRANTS IN THE UNITED STATES EFFECTS ON POPULATION. DISTRIBUTION, XII. CONDITIONS (Continued). THE STANDARD OF LIVING, XIII. THE STANDARD OF LIVING (Continued), XIV. THE EXPLOITATION OF IMMIGRANTS. RELIGION BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS. RECREATION, XV. CONDITIONS AFFECTING THE COUNTRY. WAGES PAUPERISM. CRIME. INSANITY, XVI. INDUSTRIAL EFFECTS. CRISES. SOCIAL STRATIFICATION, POLITICAL EFFECTS, XVII. THE NEW PROBLEM OF IMMIGRATION, XVIII. THE NATURE OF THE PROBLEM, XIX. OTHER POINTS OF VIEW, BIBLIOGRAPHY, INDEX
