Modern History
Immigration
Henry Pratt Fairchild · narrated by Moss
2026
17h 1m
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Henry Pratt Fairchild examines the vast waves of immigration reshaping America in the early 1900s, its causes, patterns and fierce debates. Written at the height of the argument, it captures how a nation of newcomers wrestled with its own making. Vital context for understanding the American story.
Inside this audiobook
27 chapters
- 1PREFACE8m
- 2CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION53m
- 3CHAPTER II THE UNITED STATES. COLONIAL PERIOD55m
- 4CHAPTER III 1783 TO 182017m
- 5CHAPTER IV 1820 TO 18601h 0m
- 6CHAPTER V 1860 TO 188234m
- 7CHAPTER VI MODERN PERIOD. FEDERAL LEGISLATION36m
- 8CHAPTER VII VOLUME AND RACIAL COMPOSITION OF THE IMMIGRATION STREAM45m
- 9CHAPTER VIII THE CAUSES OF IMMIGRATION40m
- 10CHAPTER IX THE EFFECTS OF IMMIGRATION. CONDITIONS OF EMBARKATION AND TRANSPORTATION43m
- 11CHAPTER X INSPECTION. SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CONDITIONS OF ARRIVING IMMIGRANTS45m
- 12Chapter 1315m
- 13CHAPTER XI CONDITIONS OF IMMIGRANTS IN THE UNITED STATES. EFFECTS ON POPULATION. DISTRIBUTION39m
- 14CHAPTER XII CONDITIONS (continued). THE STANDARD OF LIVING52m
- 15CHAPTER XIII THE STANDARD OF LIVING (continued)28m
- 16CHAPTER XIV THE EXPLOITATION OF IMMIGRANTS. RELIGION. BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS. RECREATION57m
- 17CHAPTER XV CONDITIONS AFFECTING THE COUNTRY. WAGES. PAUPERISM. CRIME. INSANITY54m
- 18Chapter 1928m
- 19CHAPTER XVI INDUSTRIAL EFFECTS. CRISES. SOCIAL STRATIFICATION. POLITICAL EFFECTS55m
- 20Chapter 214m
- 21CHAPTER XVII THE NEW PROBLEM OF IMMIGRATION25m
- 22CHAPTER XVIII THE NATURE OF THE PROBLEM1h 14m
- 23CHAPTER XIX OTHER POINTS OF VIEW44m
- 24BIBLIOGRAPHY31m
- 25Chapter 2631m
- 26Chapter 2733m
- 27Chapter 2816m
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