Pt. 1. From postwar to the eve of World War: 1920-1940. The 1920s: hating the immigrant floodtide ; Adapting to America: the interwar years ; The thirties in crisis: repatriation, refugees, and the New Deal
Pt. 2. From World War to Cold War: 1940-1965. Waging war - at home and abroad ; Breaking new ground: war brides, DPs, and refugees ; Immigrants and American society at midcentury
Pt. 3. America in a rimless world: 1965-1995. In the era of the Cold War and beyond: immigrants and ethnics ; Immigrant and ethnic adaptation in the late twentieth century: diversities within diversity ; The 1990s: new directions or full circle?
Appendix: Additional tables.