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1 online resource (451 pages). |
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Ellis Island anthology |
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Ellis Island anthology.
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BiblioBoard Core module.
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William P. Dillingham, chairman. |
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Published as Senate documents of the 61st Congress, 2d and 3d sessions. A general index was announced, as v. 42, but has not been printed. |
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Original document: Book. |
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[v. 1-2] Abstracts of reports of the Immigration Commission.--[v. 3] Statistical review of immigration, 1820-1910.--[v. 4] Emigration conditions in Europe.--[v. 5] Dictionary of races of peoples.--[v. 6-25] Immigrants in industries.--[v.26-27] Immigrants in cities.--[v.28] Occupations of the first and second generation of immigrants in the United States. Fecundity of immigrant women.--[v.29-33] The children of immigrants in schools.--[v. 34-35] Immigrants as charity seekers.--[v. 36] Immigration and crime.--[v. 37] Steerage conditions. Importation and harboring of women for immoral purposes. Immigrant homes and aid societies. Immigrant banks.--[v. 38] Changes in bodily form of descendants of immigrants.--[v. 39] Federal immigration legislation. Digest of immigration decisions. Steerage legislation, 1819-1908. State immigration and alien law.--[v. 40] The immigration situation in other countries.--[v. 41] Statements and recommendations submitted by societies and organizations interested in the subject of immigration. |
| Summary |
This controversial government report by the Congressional Committee on Immigration shows how United Statesℓimmigration policies were understood and implemented in the early 20th century. Popularly knownℓas the Dillingham Commission after its chairman, Vermont Senator William P. Dillingham, the committee infamouslyℓconcluded that immigration from southern and eastern Europe posed a serious threat to American society and culture. |
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GMD: electronic resource. |
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Emigration and immigration.
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Emigration and immigration law -- United States.
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United States -- Emigration and immigration.
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Dillingham, William P. (William Paul), 1843-1923.
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