This working paper concerns the local origins of Russian-Jewish immigrants to the United States, circa 1900. New evidence is drawn from a large random sample of Russian-Jewish immigrant arrivals in the United States. It provides information on origins not merely by large regions, or even by the...

"The Color Line and the Assembly Line tells a new story of the impact of mass production on society. Global corporations based originally in the United States have played a part in making gender and race everywhere. Focusing on Ford Motor Company's rise to become the largest, richest, and most...

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: "Is This America? -- Chapter 1 Tents, Trailers, and Shack Towns: Mobilizing the Southern Home Front, 1939-1942 -- Chapter 2 "Empty Sermons": Race and Economic Mobility on the Southern Home Front, 1940-1942 -- Chapter 3 "On the Train and...