PETER A. SPEEK IN CHARGE, SLAVIC SECTION LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

PUBLISHER'S NOTE

FOREWORD

TABLE OF CONTENTS

LIST OF TABLES

ILLUSTRATIONS

INTRODUCTION

AUTHOR'S NOTE

PART I

I NEED OF A LAND POLICY

II LEARNING OF LAND OPPORTUNITIES

III EXPERIENCES IN ACQUIRING LAND

IV INDIVIDUAL LAND DEALERS

V PRIVATE LAND COLONIZATION COMPANIES

VI PUBLIC LAND COLONIZATION

VII A LAND POLICY

PART II

VIII RURAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES

IX PRIVATE SCHOOLS

X IMMIGRANT CHURCHES

XI THE PUBLIC SCHOOL

XII EDUCATION OF ADULT IMMIGRANT SETTLERS

XIII LIBRARY AND COMMUNITY WORK

INDEX

Footnotes Introduction

Americanization Studies

Harper and Brothers Publishers Transcriber's Note: The

LONG, HARD MONTHS OF WORK SEPARATE THE ROUGH SHANTY
FROM WHITE CLAPBOARDS AND AN AUTOMOBILE