Description: ACKNOWLEDGMENTS INTRODUCTION 1. THE HOMELAND AND CAPITALISM The Structure of Emigration The Spread of Commercial Agriculture The Decline of the Craftsmen Population Expansion The Adaptive Household Familiarity with Moving The Pragmatic Mind of Emigrants Conclusion 2. FAMILIES ENTER AMERICA Networks of Migration The Rise of the Family Economy Conclusion 3. WORKERS, UNIONS, AND RADICALS Imported Traditions of Work and Protest Ethnic Diversity and American Unions Immigrants and Socialism The Immigrant Working Class and the 1930s Conclusion 4. THE RISE OF AN IMMIGRANT MIDDLE CLASS Divided Communities The Fraternal Movement and Early Enterprise Immigrant Entrepreneurs The New Middle Class Conclusion 5. CHURCH AND SOCIETY The Role of the Church Class, Culture, and the Church Competing Leaders Conclusion 6. IMMIGRANTS AND THE PROMISE OF AMERICAN LIFE Immigrants and Social Mobility Passing Through the Ghetto Immigrant Homeownership Conclusion 7. AMERICA ON IMMIGRANT TERMS Folklife and the Quest for Meaning Selective Schooling Immigrant Politics Conclusion 8. CONCLUSION: THE CULTURE OF EVERYDAY LIFE APPENDIX NOTES SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX

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