Americanization in the states : immigrant social welfare policy, citizenship, & national identity in the United States, 1908-1929 / [electronic resource]
Ziegler-McPherson, Christina A.
Gainesville, Fla. : University Press of Florida,
c2009.
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 approaches in addition to urban and eastern ones, the author broadens the historical literature associated with the subject.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-227) and index.
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.
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 approaches in addition to urban and eastern ones, the author broadens the historical literature associated with the subject.
Description based on print version record.
Immigrants
Citizenship
National characteristics, American.