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Title: Immigration by Industry, Sex, and Region during the Second Industrial Revolution
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Publication Year: 2016
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Abstract: The goal of this post is to examine the industries occupied by first generation immigrants in the United States during the latter half of the Industrial Revolution, as well as the differences in first generation immigrants industries with consideration to both region and sex. To understand such trends is crucial for a few reasons. By the end of the Second Industrial Revolution, on the eve of World War I, first generation immigrants and their children comprised 38.4 percent of the United States Population. (Jaher 1968, 81) In many of the larger cities alone, such as New York, Chicago, and Detroit, three-quarters of the population was composed of immigrants and their children. (Hirschmann 2009) The impetus for this post lies with the decided impact of first generation immigrants on the makeup of America and its workforce.
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Authors: Fortin, Liam
Publisher: Dartmouth
Data Collections: IPUMS USA
Topics: Labor Force and Occupational Structure, Migration and Immigration
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