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  • Crossing Borders: 7 Classic Books on Migration and Culture Shifts

    Classic Writings on Immigration, Assimilation, Labor, Race, and Cultural Change

    by Samuel Joseph, Grafton Elliot Smith, Friedrich Gerstäcker, Broughton Brandenburg, John R. Commons, Edward Alfred Steiner, Emmett J. Scott ...
    Crossing Borders gathers seven classic texts that illuminate migration as a process of movement, encounter, adaptation, and cultural transformation. Ranging across travel writing, social investigation, anthropology, political economy, racial commentary, and immigrant autobiography, the volume situates border crossing within the expanding global circuits of the nineteenth and early twentieth ... Read more

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  • Races and Immigrants in America

    by John R. Commons ...
    "Races and Immigrants in America" by John R. Commons is a seminal work that explores the complex dynamics of race and immigration in the United States. Commons delves into the historical context of various immigrant groups, examining their contributions to American society and the challenges they faced. He provides a critical analysis of the socio-economic factors that influenced immigration ... Read more

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  • Races & Immigrants in USA

    Enriched edition.

    by John R. Commons, Aria Baxter ...
    John R. Commons' 'Races & Immigrants in USA' is a groundbreaking work that delves into the complex issue of race and immigration in the United States. Written in a meticulous and scholarly style, Commons explores the historical context of immigration and its impact on the social and economic landscape of the country. Drawing on sociological and historical research, the book offers a comprehensive ... Read more

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  • Races and Immigrants in America

    Unveiling the social and economic factors shaping racial and immigrant experiences in America

    by John R. Commons ...
    In "Races and Immigrants in America," John R. Commons offers a seminal exploration of the intricate dynamics between race and immigration within the context of early 20th-century America. Through a rigorous socio-economic lens, Commons employs a methodical approach, interweaving statistical analysis with sociological insights to dissect the impact of various immigrant groups on American society. ... Read more

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  • Races and Immigrants in America (Annotated)

    Enriched Edition. A Progressive Era Study of Immigration, Labor, Race, Citizenship, and Assimilation in the United States

    by John R. Commons, Romy Jasperwell ...
    Races and Immigrants in America is a Progressive Era study of immigration, labor, and ethnic formation in the United States. Commons examines European migration, industrial employment, urban settlement, and the changing composition of the American working class in a prose style that is empirical, reformist, and argumentative. Written within the early twentieth-century discourse of social science, ... Read more

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  • Races and Immigrants in America

    by John R. Commons ...
    In "Races and Immigrants in America," John R. Commons offers a profound examination of the socio-economic dynamics that shape the experiences of diverse racial and ethnic groups in the United States. Drawing from a wealth of historical data, Commons employs a rigorous analytical lens, effectively intertwining statistical analysis with narrative storytelling. His project is situated within the ... Read more

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  • Legal Systems and Incest Taboos

    The Transition from Childhood to Adolescence

    by John R. Commons, Yehudi A. Cohen ...
    The goal of this book is to investigate why there are two distinct notions of liability in the legal and ethical systems of different societies; the relationship between two sets of criteria of liability and the individual's evolution from childhood adolescence. The specific ways in which different societies cope with the transition from childhood to adolescence are important because a sense of ... Read more

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  • Legal Foundations of Capitalism

    by John R. Commons ...
    In what has universally been recognized as a classic of institutional economics, John R. Commons combined the skills of a professional economist, the sensibilities of an American historian, and the passion of an active participant in the conflicts of individuals, self-interest of groups, and function of voluntary associations.The aim of this volume is to work out an evolutionary and behavioral ... Read more

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    by C.L.R. James ...
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    Originally published in England in 1938 (the same year as his magnum opus The Black Jacobins) and expanded in 1969, this work remains the classic account of global black resistance. Robin D.G. Kelley’s substantial introduction contextualizes the work in the history and ferment of the times, and explores its ongoing relevance today.“A History of Pan-African Revolt is one of those rare books that ... Read more

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  • In the Words of Theodore Roosevelt

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    by Theodore Roosevelt ...
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  • General History of Immigration in America

    by Allan Mclaughlin ...
    After the Peace of Paris in 1783, and the birth of a new nation on the American continent, home-seekers arriving at ports of the United States were called immigrants. Previous to the revolutionary war they were known as colonists. The distinction is one of political allegiance. The colonist was an immigrant who desired to make a home in the new country, but to retain his allegiance to his native ... Read more

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  • The American Revolution

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