Preface | |
Acknowledgements | |
Introduction | p. 1 |
Universality of Xenophobia and the Stranger | p. 2 |
Concepts and Perspectives | p. 4 |
Stereotypes and Labels: Epithets and Ethnophaulisms: Their Historical Development | p. 7 |
Slav, Slavic, Slavdom | p. 18 |
The Political Sphere and the Slav Immigrant, 1890-1965 | p. 21 |
Political Consequences Between 1890-1965 | p. 22 |
Immigration Restriction: Its Proponents and the Nature of Their Objections | p. 25 |
The Final Solution: Restrictionism | p. 46 |
The Education System, Restrictionism, and the Slav, 1870-1930 | p. 51 |
Americanization | p. 51 |
Americanization and the Parochial School | p. 58 |
Americanization: Tracking and Vocational Education | p. 63 |
The Slav in the Workplace: Perceptions and Realities, 1870-1940 | p. 68 |
Case 1: Slav Women Workers in the Cigar-Making Industry, 1900-1919 | p. 73 |
Case 2: The Steel Industry and the Slav Male Worker, 1870-1940 | p. 81 |
Case 3: The Slav Worker and the Meat-Packing Industry, 1894-1922 | p. 93 |
Religion, Pluralism and Slav Expectations, 1856-1938 | p. 102 |
Stereotypical Images of the Slav Before the American Eyes: Literature, Film, and Humor, 1900-1968 | p. 121 |
Literature | p. 122 |
Juvenile Series Fiction, 1900-1945 | p. 122 |
Adult Literature, 1900-1965 | p. 125 |
Film: The Movies, 1935-1963 | p. 140 |
Humor: Jokes, 1968-1991 | p. 144 |
Ethnic Jokes and the Slav | p. 145 |
Free Form and Narrative Form | p. 146 |
Target Selection: Contributing Factors | p. 154 |
Summary Statement and Conclusions | p. 159 |
Notes | p. 169 |
Bibliography | p. 199 |
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