| | | PAGE |
| | Publisher's Note | [v] |
| | Foreword | [vii] |
| | Table of Contents | [ix] |
| | List of Tables | [xiii] |
| | List of Illustrations | [xv] |
| | Introduction | [xvii] |
| CHAPTER | | |
| I. | Finding the New Home | [1] |
| | The First Adjustments | [1] |
| | Homes Studied | [6] |
| | Dissolving Barriers | [14] |
| II. | Family Relationships | [19] |
| | Separated Families | [20] |
| | Keeping Boarders | [23] |
| | The Man Without a Family | [27] |
| | The Single Woman | [29] |
| | The Migrant Family | [32] |
| | From Farming to Industry | [34] |
| | The Wage-earning Mother | [39] |
| | Changed Duties of a Mother | [43] |
| | Paternal Authority Passing | [47] |
| III. | The Care of the House | [54] |
| | New Housekeeping Conditions | [54] |
| | Demands of American Cookery | [58] |
| | Water Supply Essential | [60] |
| | Overcrowding Hampers the Housewife | [62] |
| | Women Work Outside the Home | [65] |
| | Housing Improvement | [66] |
| | Government Building Loans | [75] |
| | Instruction in Sanitation | [80] |
| IV. | Problems of Saving | [85] |
| | Present and Future Needs | [85] |
| | Unfamiliarity with Money | [88] |
| | Irregularity of Income | [91] |
| | Reserves for Misfortunes | [92] |
| | The Cost of Weddings | [98] |
| | Christenings and Fête Days | [103] |
| | Buying Property | [105] |
| | Building and Loan Associations | [109] |
| | Postal Savings Banks | [111] |
| | Account Keeping | [115] |
| V. | The Neglected Art of Spending | [117] |
| | The Company Store | [119] |
| | Shopping Habits | [122] |
| | Modification of Diets | [130] |
| | Furniture on the Installment Plan | [134] |
| | New Fashions and Old Clothes | [135] |
| | Training Needed | [138] |
| | Co-operation in Spending | [141] |
| VI. | The Care of the Children | [149] |
| | The Unpreparedness of the Immigrant Mother | [150] |
| | Breakdown of Parental Authority | [153] |
| | Learning to Play | [157] |
| | Parents and Education | [159] |
| | Following School Progress | [163] |
| | The Revolt of Older Children | [169] |
| | Relations of Boys and Girls | [174] |
| | The Juvenile Court | [181] |
| VII. | Immigrant Organizations and Family Problems | [187] |
| | Safety in Racial Affiliations | [188] |
| | Local Benefit Societies | [192] |
| | National Croatian Organizations | [196] |
| | Care of Croatian Orphans | [199] |
| | Organizations of Poles | [201] |
| | Polish Women's Work | [203] |
| | Lithuanian Woman's Alliance | [209] |
| | Ukrainian Beginnings | [215] |
| | Growth of National Organizations | [218] |
| VIII. | Agencies of Adjustment | [222] |
| | Immigrant Protective League | [223] |
| | A National Reception Committee | [227] |
| | The Public School | [230] |
| | The Home Teacher | [236] |
| | Settlement Classes | [238] |
| | Co-operation of Agencies | [240] |
| | International Institutes | [243] |
| | Training for Service | [248] |
| | Home Economics Work | [254] |
| | Government Grants in England | [263] |
| | The Lesson for the United States | [266] |
| | Mothers' Assistants | [268] |
| | Recreational Agencies | [272] |
| IX. | Family Case Work | [277] |
| | The Language Difficulty | [280] |
| | Standards of Living | [286] |
| | Visiting Housekeepers | [289] |
| | Knowledge of Backgrounds | [298] |
| | Training Facilities Needed | [301] |
| | The Transient Family | [304] |
| | Need for National Agency | [307] |
| | | |
| | Appendix | [313] |
| | Principal Racial Organizations | [313] |
| | Czech | [313] |
| | Danish | [314] |
| | Dutch | [315] |
| | Finnish | [315] |
| | German | [316] |
| | Hungarian | [317] |
| | Italian | [318] |
| | Jewish | [319] |
| | Jugoslav | [324] |
| | Lithuanian | [326] |
| | Polish | [327] |
| | Russian | [329] |
| | Slovak | [330] |
| | Swedish | [331] |
| | Ukrainian | [331] |
| | Menus of Foreign Born | [333] |
| | Bohemian | [333] |
| | Croatian | [335] |
| | Italian | [335] |
| | Slovenian | [340] |
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| | Index | [343] |