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Introduction: The Cauldron of American Values PETER d'A. JONES and MELVIN G. HOLLI 9 DIVERSE ROOTS I "Wild" Chicago: The Formation and Destruction of a Multi- racial Community on the Midwestern Frontier, 1816-1837 JACQUELINE PETERSON 25 II French Detroit: The Clash of Feudal and Yankee Values MELVIN G. HOLLI 73 Ill The Ben Ishmael Tribe: A Fugitive "Nation" of the Old Northwest HUGO P. LEAMING 97 IV "Becoming American": The Role of Ethnic Leaders- Swedes, Poles, Italians, Jews VICTOR GREENE 143 THE URBAN FRONTIER: CHICAGO V Polish Chicago: Survival Through Solidarity EDWARD R. KANTOWICZ 179 VI Black Chicago: Accommodationist Politics Before the Great Migration CHARLES BRANHAM 211 VII Jewish Chicago: From Diversity to Community EDWARD MAZUR 263 VIII Mexican Chicago: Chicano Assimilation Aborted, 1939-52 LOUISE ANO NUEVO KERR 293 THE STRUGGLE CONTINUES IX Race and Housing: Violence and Communal Protest in Chicago, 1940-1960. ARNOLD HIRSCH 331 Contributors 369 Notes 371