The Transplanted

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