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9780880332828

American Xenophobia and the Slav Immigrant

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  • ISBN13:

    9780880332828

  • ISBN10:

    0880332824

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1994-03-01
  • Publisher: East European Monographs

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Table of Contents

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