Bibliographical Note
General Histories
Edward Channing, History of the United States, 4 vols. (1905). Vol. II. Chapter XIV contains a fascinating account of “The Coming of the Foreigner.”
John Fiske, Dutch and Quaker Colonies in America, 2 vols. (1899). The story of “The Migration of the Sects” is charmingly told.
John B. McMaster, History of the People of the United States, 8 vols. (1883-1913). Scattered throughout the eight volumes are copious accounts of the coming of immigrants, from the year of American independence to the Civil War. The great German and Irish inundations are dealt with in volumes VI and VII.
J.H. Latané, America as a World Power (1907). Chapter XVII gives a concise summary of immigration for the years 1880-1907.
Works On Immigration
Reports of the Immigration Commission, appointed under the Congressional Act of Feb. 20, 1907. 42 vols. (1911). This is by far the most exhaustive study that has been made of the immigration question. It embraces a wide range of details, especially upon the economic and sociological aspects of the problem.
Census Bureau, A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790-1900 (1909). The best analysis of the population of the United States. It contains a number of chapters on the population at the time of the First Census in 1790.
John R. Commons, Races and Immigrants in America (1907).
Prescott F. Hall, Immigration and its Effects upon the United States (1906).
Henry P. Fairchild, Immigration, a World Movement and its American Significance (1913). A good historical survey of immigration as well as a suggestive discussion of its sociological and economic bearings.
Jeremiah W. Jenks and W. Jett Lauck, The Immigration Problem (1913). A summary of the Report of the Immigration Commission.
Peter Roberts, The New Immigration (1912). A discussion of the recent influx from Southeastern Europe.
E.A. Ross, The Old World in the New (1914) contains some refreshing racial characteristics.
Richmond Mayo-Smith, Emigration and Immigration (1890). This is one of the oldest American works on the subject and remains the best scientific discussion of the sociological and economic aspects of immigration.
Edward A. Steiner, On the Trail of the Immigrant (1906). A popular and sympathetic account of the new immigration.
The Negro
B.G. Brawley, A Short History of the American Negro (1913).
W.E.B. Du Bois, The Negro (1915). A small well-written volume, with a useful bibliography and an illuminating chapter on the negro in the United States; also, by the same author, Suppression of the African Slave Trade (1896).
Carter G. Woodson, A Century of Negro Migration (1918).
J.R. Spears, The American Slave Trade (1900).
A.H. Stone, Studies in the American Race Problem (1908). Contains several of Walter F. Wilcox’s valuable statistical studies on this subject.
J.A. Tillinghast, The Negro in Africa and America (1902) contains a suggestive comparison of negro life in Africa and America.
Special Groups
Kendrick C. Babcock, The Scandinavian Element in the United States (1914). The best treatise on this subject.
Emily Greene Balch, Our Slavic Fellow Citizens (1910). A comprehensive study of the Slav in America.
J.M. Campbell, A History of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick (1892).
Mary Roberts Coolidge, Chinese Immigration (1909). A sympathetic and detailed account of the Chinaman’s experience in America.
A.B. Faust, The German Element in the United States 2 vols. (1909). Like some other books written to prove the vast influence of certain elements of the population, this work is not modest in its claims.
Henry Jones Ford, The Scotch-Irish in America (1915).
Lucian J. Fosdick, The French Blood in America (1906). Devoted principally to the Huguenot exiles and their descendants.
Charles A. Hanna, The Scotch-Irish, or the Scot in North Britain, North Ireland, and North America. 2 vols. (1902).
Eliot Lord, John J.D. Trevor, and Samuel J. Barrows, The Italian in America (1905).
T. D’Arcy McGee, History of the Irish Settlers in North America (1852).
O.N. Nelson, History of the Scandinavians and Successful Scandinavians in the United States, 2 vols. (1900).
J.G. Rosengarten, French Colonists and Exiles in the United States (1907). Contains an interesting bibliography of French writings on early American conditions.
Utopias
J.A. Bole, The Harmony Society (1904). Besides a concise history of the Rappists, this volume contains many letters and documents illustrative of their customs and business methods.
W.A. Hinds, American Communities and Cooperative Colonies. (2d revision 1908.) A useful summary based on personal observations.
G.B. Lockwood, The New Harmony Communities (1902). It contains a detailed description of Owen’s experiment and interesting details of the Rappists during their sojourn in Indiana.
M.A. Mikkelsen, The Bishop Hill Colony, A Religious Communistic Settlement in Henry County, Illinois (1892).
Charles Nordhoff, The Communistic Societies of the United States (1875). A description of communities visited by the author.
J.H. Noyes, History of American Socialisms (1870).
W.R. Perkins, History of the Amana Society or Community of True Inspiration (1891).
E.O. Randall, History of the Zoar Society (2d ed. 1900).
Bertha M. Shambaugh, Amana, the Community of True Inspiration (1908) gives many interesting details.
Albert Shaw, Icaria, a Chapter in the History of Communism (1884). A brilliant account.