Americanization in the States : Immigrant Social Welfare Policy, Citizenship, and National Identity in the United States, 1908-1929 /

This title offers a comparative history of social welfare policies developed in 4 distinct regions with diverse immigrant populations: New York, California, Massachusetts, and Illinois. By focusing on state actions versus national agencies and organizations, and by examining rural and western approa...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ziegler-McPherson, Christina A.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Gainesville, Fla. : University Press of Florida, 2009.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
National characteristics, American.
Emigration and immigration > Government policy.
Emigration and immigration.
Citizenship.
Citizenship > United States.
Immigrants > United States > States > Social conditions.
United States.
United States > Emigration and immigration > History > 20th century.
United States > Emigration and immigration > Government policy.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The start of a movement : the New York Bureau of Industries and Immigration, 1908-1914
  • The California plan : the Commission of Immigration and Housing, 1913-1917
  • An unhealthy relationship : eugenics and americanization in New York, 1914-1917
  • Americanizing the home : housing reform and the California Home Teacher Act of 1915
  • Wartime americanization in the States : New York, California, and Massachusetts, 1917-1918
  • Cosmopolitanism cut short : the Illinois Immigrants Commission, 1919-1921
  • Schooling the immigrant : americanization and adult education, 1919-1929
  • Americanization versus restriction : immigrant social welfare policy in New York, California, and Massachusetts, 1919-1929.

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