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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]
Index[343]


LIST OF TABLES

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I.Number and Per Cent of Families Carrying Life Insurance and Average Amount of Policy According to Nativity of Head of Family[94]
II.Number and Per Cent of Immigrant Home Owners in Different Chicago Districts[107]


LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS