Part 1 A Clash of Cultures; Chapter 1 Beyond ?€?America for Americans?€?, Dale T. Knobel; Chapter 2 Becoming American, David L. Salvaterra; Chapter 3 Us and Them, Betty Ann Burch; Part 2 Haven in a Strange New Land; Chapter 4 Home Is Where the Heart Is, Gordon W. Kirk, Jr., Carolyn Tyirin Kirk; Chapter 5 Parents and Children, Mary Elizabeth Brown; Chapter 6 Mothers and Daughters, Mary Jane Capozzoli Ingui; Part 3 Agents of Acculturation; Chapter 7 The Religious Factor in Immigration, Robert P. Swierenga; Chapter 8 The Ethnic Dimension in American Catholic Parochial Education, Timothy Walch; Chapter 9 The World of Work, Edward A. Zivich; Part 4 The Contours of Ethnic Community; Chapter 10 The Changing Face of Ethnic Politics, Edward R. Kantowicz; Chapter 11 The Ethnic Frontier, La Vern J. Rippley; Chapter 12 Ethnic Elites and Their Organizations, Margaret LoPiccolo Sullivan Guide to Further Reading; Contributors Index;