Americanization in the states; immigrant social welfare policy, citizenship, and national identity in the United States, 1908-1929.

9780813033617

Americanization in the states; immigrant social welfare policy, citizenship, and national identity in the United States, 1908-1929.

Ziegler-McPherson, Christina A.

U. Press of Florida

2009

233 pages

$65.00

Hardcover

Working in the Americas

JV6483

Ziegler-McPherson, a public historian, explores US social welfare policies in the early decades of the 20th century that were designed to assimilate immigrants into American life and notes how these efforts were primarily chauvinistic and coercive. Written for those interested in American history and social policies, this volume provides detailed and thoughtful analyses of policies introduced in New York, California, Massachusetts and Illinois and reveals how they promoted agendas of distinctly Anglo-American middle-class ideals and values. A chapter is also devoted to immigrant schooling and adult education and their emphasis on "Americanization."

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