Introduction : capitalists and immigrants in historical perspective, 1865-1924 -- Harmonic dissidence : immigrants and the onset of industrial strife -- No danger among them : Asian immigrants as industrial workers -- Alien anarchism : immigrants and industrial unrest in the 1880s -- Confronting the barons : immigrant workers and individual moguls -- Into the new century : economic expansion and continued discord -- Turmoil amidst reform : immigrant worker protest and progressivism -- Effects of war : immigrant labor dynamics during the Great War -- Addressing the reds : immigrants and the postwar great scare of 1919-1921 -- Restricting the hordes : implementation of immigrant quotas
Summary
"This book explores how the convergence of American industrialization and the influx of immigrant workers helped to define the frequently-contentious labor and ethnic relations during the Gilded Age and Progressive Era"-- Provided by publisher
