Modern History

Immigration

Henry Pratt Fairchild · narrated by Michael

2026

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Immigration by Henry Pratt Fairchild. A public-domain classic, freshly narrated.

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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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