Americanization in the states : immigrant social welfare policy, citizenship, & national identity in the United States, 1908-1929 / Christina A. Ziegler-McPherson ; foreword by Richard Greenwald & Timothy J. Minchin.

Author/creator Ziegler-McPherson, Christina A.
Format Book
Publication InfoGainesville : University Press of Florida, ©2009.
Descriptionxiv, 233 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Subjects
Immigrants--United States. --States. --Social conditions.
Citizenship--United States.
National characteristics, American.
United States--Emigration and immigration. --Government policy.
United States--Emigration and immigration. --History. --20th century.
United States--History. --20th century.

SeriesWorking in the Americas
Working in the Americas. ^A795955
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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 175-227) and index.
LCCN 2009004172
ISBN9780813033617 (alk. paper)
ISBN0813033616 (alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks JV6483 .Z54 2009 ✔ Available Place Hold