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American passage : the history of Ellis Island
Cannato, Vincent J.
Adult Nonfiction JV6484 .C366 2009
| Contents | Page |
|---|
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| Part I - Before the Deluge | |
| Chapter 1 - Island | p. 19 |
| Chapter 2 - Castle Garden | p. 30 |
| Part II - The Sifting Begins | |
| Chapter 3 - A Proper Sieve | p. 57 |
| Chapter 4 - Peril at the Portals | p. 70 |
| Chapter 5 - Brahmins | p. 95 |
| Chapter 6 - Feud | p. 107 |
| Part III - Reform and Regulation | |
| Chapter 7 - Cleaning House | p. 127 |
| Chapter 8 - Fighting Back | p. 149 |
| Chapter 9 - The Roosevelt Straddle | p. 165 |
| Chapter 10 - Likely to Become a Public Charge | p. 191 |
| Chapter 11 - "Czar Williams" | p. 216 |
| Chapter 12 - Intelligence | p. 238 |
| Chapter 13 - Moral Turpitude | p. 260 |
| Part IV - Disillusion and Restriction | |
| Chapter 14 - War | p. 289 |
| Chapter 15 - Revolution | p. 311 |
| Chapter 16 - Quotas | p. 330 |
| Chapter 17 - Prison | p. 350 |
| Part V - Memory | |
| Chapter 18 - Decline | p. 379 |
| Chapter 19 - The New Plymouth Rock | p. 391 |
| Epilogue | p. 410 |
| Acknowledgments | p. 421 |
| Notes | p. 424 |
| Index | p. 473 |
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