Foreign Influences in American Life / / ed. by David F. Bowers.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1931-1979
• MitwirkendeR: Blackmur, R . P .,; Bowers, David F.,; Egbert, Donald Drew,; Graham, Frank D.,; Handlin, Oscar,; Leyburn, James G.,; Persons, Stow,
• HerausgeberIn: Bowers, David F.,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2015]; ©1966
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Series: Princeton Studies in American Civilization ; 2059
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (282 p.)

The specific social and historical role of the immigrant is considered.Originally published in 1966.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- FOREWORD -- CONTENTS -- PART I. ESSAYS -- I . THE PROBLEM OF SOCIAL AND CULTURAL IMPACT -- II. THE AMERICANIZATION OF THE IMMIGRANT -- III. THE PROBLEM OF ETHNIC AND NATIONAL IMPACT FROM A SOCIOLOGICAL POINT OF VIEW -- IV. ETHNIC AND NATIONAL FACTORS IN THE AMERICAN ECONOMIC ETHIC -- V. THE IMMIGRANT AND AMERICAN POLITICS -- VI. FOREIGN INFLUENCES IN AMERICAN ART -- VII. THE AMERICAN LITERARY EXPATRIATE -- VIII. HEGEL, DARWIN, AND THE AMERICAN TRADITION -- PART II. CRITICAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES -- IMMIGRATION BETWEEN 1800 AND 1924 -- THE PATTERN OF ASSIMILATION -- THE ECONOMIC IMPACT -- THE POLITICAL IMPACT -- THE ARTISTIC AND LITERARY IMPACT -- THE RELIGIOUS AND PHILOSOPHIC IMPACT