March 21--Coping With the Immigrant


  1. The "Problem" of the Immigrant
    1. A Balkanized "People"
    2. Immigrants and the Notion of "Virtue"
  2. Becoming American--the Great Shift
    1. The Crevecoeur Ideal--Andrew the Hebridean
      1. Welcoming New Labor
      2. Integrating Immigrants into the Community
    2. The First "New Immigrants"
      1. The Expansion of Demand
      2. The Breakdown of the Old Assimilation Process
    3. Immigrant Culture--Lack of "Virtue"
  3. Anxieties About Immigrants--Nativism
    1. Lack of Self-Control
    2. Political Corruption
    3. Religion--Anti-Catholicism
    4. Racism