 | United States. Immigration Commission (1907-1910) - 1911 - 924 lapas
...have been in the United States five years or over and who were IMMIGRANTS IN CITIES, INTKODTrCTOBY. Congestion of immigrants in large cities has long...and social status of the city-dwelling immigrant. All information was secured through personal visits bv agents of the Commission.0 The investigation... | |
 | United States. Immigration Commission (1907-1910) - 1911 - 1190 lapas
...cities has long been considered ae of the most unfavorable features of the modern problem of immiration. The Commission, convinced of the importance of this...The purpose of the inquiry was to determine to what xtcnt congestion actually prevails among immigrants in cities and tue conditions peculiar to particular... | |
 | Thames Williamson - 1922 - 572 lapas
...for the purpose of ascertaining the character of living conditions in immigrant communities in the crowded quarters of New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston, Cleveland, Buffalo and Milwaukee. A summary of the results of this investigation follows: In view of the fact that this study is limited... | |
 | Faith Moors Williams, Carle C. Zimmerman - 1935 - 636 lapas
...living conditions in 1907-9 among the residents of some of the most crowded quarters in seven cities, New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston, Cleveland,...the economic and social status of the citydwelling immigrants" (v. 1, p. 3). Agents obtained records from all the households within a neighborhood selected... | |
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Congestion of immigrants in large cities has long been considered one of the most unfavorable features of the modern problem of immigration. The Commission, convinced of the importance of this phase of the problem, inaugurated an investigation of living... 