CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. PREFACE vii
3. CONTENTS xi
4. PART I. THE SEARCH FOR SKILL
5. Chapter 1. ORGANIZED EFFORTS T O PROMOTE IMMIGRATION 3
6. Chapter 2. PATTERNS OF PRIVATE RECRUITMENT, 1860-1885 32
7. Chapter 3. UNCERTAINTIES OF THE CONTRACT LABOR SYSTEM 46
8. PART II. FROM EUROPEAN FARMS TO AMERICAN INDUSTRY
9. Chapter 4. AGENCIES IN EUROPE FOR RECRUITING UNSKILLED INDUSTRIAL LABOR 67
10. Chapter 5. THE DISTRIBUTION OF UNSKILLED IMMIGRANTS TO INDUSTRY 88
11. Chapter 6. REACTIONS IN THE MINES AND ON THE RAILROADS 106
12. Chapter 7. MACHINERY AND IMMIGRATION 123
13. PART III. THE ANTI-CONTRACT LABOR LAWS
14. Chapter 8. THE WINDOW GLASS WORKERS 139
15. Chapter 9. THE FORAN ACT 148
16. Chapter 10. EXPERIMENTS WHICH FAILED 167
17. APPENDICES
18. APPENDIX I. STATEMENTS OF WAGES AND PRICES PUBLISHED BY THE AMERICAN EMIGRANT COMPANY IN EUROPE 188
19. APPENDIX II. THE FOREIGN BORN IN THE UNITED STATES LABOR FORCE 190
20. APPENDIX III. WORK OF THE CASTLE GARDEN LABOR BUREAU 192
21. APPENDIX IV. CONTRACT LABORERS DEPORTED FROM THE UNITED STATES 195
22. APPENDIX V. FEDERAL DIVISION OF INFORMATION 196
23. NOTES
24. ABBREVIATIONS USED IN NOTES 198
25. NOTES 199
26. INDEX 257