Americanization in the States: Immigrant Social Welfare Policy, Citizenship, and National Identity in the United States, 19081929
Americanization in the States: Immigrant Social Welfare Policy, Citizenship, and National Identity in the United States, 19081929
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Abstract
In the first decades of the twentieth century, a number of states had bureaus whose responsibility was to help immigrants assimilate into American society. Often described negatively as efforts to force foreigners into appropriate molds, this book demonstrates that these programs—including adult education, environmental improvement, labor market regulations, and conflict resolutions—were typically implemented by groups sympathetic to immigrants and their cultures. The book offers a comparative history of social welfare policies developed in four 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 approaches in addition to urban and eastern ones, the author broadens the historical literature associated with Americanization. She also reveals how these programs, and the theories of citizenship and national identity used to justify their underlying policies, were really attempts by middle-class progressives to get new citizens to adopt Anglo-American, middle-class values and lifestyles.
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Front Matter
- Introduction
- 1 The Start of a Movement: The New York Bureau of Industries and Immigration, 1908–1914
- 2 The California Plan: The Commission of Immigration and Housing, 1913–1917
- 3 An Unhealthy Relationship: Eugenics and Americanization in New York, 1914–1917
- 4 Americanizing the Home: Housing Reform and the California Home Teacher Act of 1915
- 5 Wartime Americanization in the States: New York, California, and Massachusetts 1917–1918
- 6 Cosmopolitanism Cut Short: The Illinois Immigrants Commission, 1919-1921
- 7 Schooling the Immigrant: Americanization and Adult Education, 1919–1929
- 8 Americanization versus Restriction: Immigrant Social Welfare Policy in New York, California, and Massachusetts, 1919–1929
- Conclusion
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End Matter
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