American Historians and European Immigrants 1875-1925 / Edward N. Saveth.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Saveth, Edward N., author.

Series:

Studies in History, Economics, and Public Law ; 540

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Historians--United States.

Historians.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1948]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Examines the attitudes of various American historians toward immigrants and immigration from the years 1875 to 1925. Looks at opinions around Teutonic origins, urban melting pots, and American political development.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Introduction

I. Trends in Late Nineteenth Century American Historiography: The Theory of Teutonic Origins

II. Teuton and Immigrant

III. Henry Adams' Norman Ancestors

IV. European Peoples in the American Forest

V. Frontier and Urban Melting Pots

VI. The Immigrant and American Political Development

VII. The Immigrant and American Society

Toward a Corrective Viewpoint

List of References

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

9780231877824

023187782X

OCLC:

1100451002