Cover -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- One. "Using violent exercise in warm weather": The Waterfront Labor Experience and Environment -- Two. "This very troublesome business": Actions, Reactions, and the Pursuit of Mastery -- Three. "Improper assemblies & conspiracies": The Advantageous Enticements of Wharf Labor -- Four. "Laborers from abroad have come to take their places": The Racial and Ethnic Transformation of the Waterfront Workforce -- Five. "The unacclimated stranger should be positively prohibited": Comparative Disease Susceptibility and Waterfront Labor Competition -- Postscript -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.