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Contents

© 2019 Cornell University Press, Ithaca

© 2019 Cornell University Press, Ithaca

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Acknowledgments xi
  4. Introduction: The IRQ and Eastern European Immigration 1
  5. Part One: The IRO as an Institution
  6. 1. Letters from Traveling Agents 39
  7. 2. Letters from Communities 70
  8. 3. Letters from Local Agents 81
  9. Part Two. The Immigrants
  10. 4. Interactions with the IRO 117
  11. 5. Economic Adjustment 165
  12. 6. Social/Cultural Adjustment 183
  13. 7. Immigrant Perceptions of America 198
  14. Epilogue: Motivations and Misconceptions 205
  15. Notes 211
  16. Index 225
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Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Acknowledgments xi
  4. Introduction: The IRQ and Eastern European Immigration 1
  5. Part One: The IRO as an Institution
  6. 1. Letters from Traveling Agents 39
  7. 2. Letters from Communities 70
  8. 3. Letters from Local Agents 81
  9. Part Two. The Immigrants
  10. 4. Interactions with the IRO 117
  11. 5. Economic Adjustment 165
  12. 6. Social/Cultural Adjustment 183
  13. 7. Immigrant Perceptions of America 198
  14. Epilogue: Motivations and Misconceptions 205
  15. Notes 211
  16. Index 225
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