Becoming an American._ Some meditations of a
newly naturalized immigrant. Boston, 1919.
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(3) Rihbany, Abraham Mitrie. _A Far Journey._ Boston, 1914.
(4) Hasanovitz, Elizabeth. _One of Them._ Chapters from a passionate
autobiography. Boston, 1918.
(5) Cohen, Rose. _Out of the Shadow._ New York, 1918.
(6) Ravage, M. E. _An American in the Making._ The life-story of an
immigrant. New York, 1917.
(7) Cahan, Abraham. _The Rise of David Levinsky._ A novel. New York,
1917.
(8) Antin, Mary. _The Promised Land._ New York, 1912.
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immigration. New York, 1914.
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TOPICS FOR WRITTEN THEMES
1. Race and Culture, and the Problem of the Relative Superiority and
Inferiority of Races.
2. The Relation of Assimilation to Amalgamation.
3. The Mulatto as a Cultural Type.
4. Language as a Means of Assimilation and a Basis of National
Solidarity.
5. History and Literature as Means for Preserving National Solidarity.
6. Race Prejudice and Segregation in Their Relations to Assimilation and
Accommodation.
7. Domestic Slavery and the Assimilation of the Negro.
8. A Study of Historical Experiments in Denationalization; the
Germanization of Posen, the Russianization of Poland, the Japanese
Policy in Korea, etc.
9. The "Melting-Pot" versus "Hyphen" in Their Relation to
Americanization.
10. A Study of Policies, Programs, and Experiments in Americanization
from the Standpoint of Sociology.
11. The Immigrant Community as a Means of Americanization.
12. The Process of Assimilation as Revealed in Personal Documents, as
Antin, _The Promised Land_; Rihbany, _A Far Journey_; Ravage, _An
American in the Making_; etc.
13. Foreign Missions and Native Cultures.
14. The Role of Assimilation and Accommodation in the Personal
Development of the
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