A midwestern mosaic
Subtitle: immigration and political socialization in rural America
By: J. Celeste Lay
Series: The social logic of politics
Publisher: Temple University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9781439907924; 9781439907931; 9781439907948
Subjects: Political socialization; Cultural pluralism; Ethnicity; Immigrants
Description: Compares the political knowledge and behavior of adolescents in five small towns in Iowa, two of which have experienced significant additions to the population from Latino migration changing their ethnic make-up significantly.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Transformation of small town America; title: A natural experiment in Iowa towns; title: Seeing race : attitudes toward immigrants and symbolic racism; title: No retreat : civic withdrawal and immigration; title: Gradual progress; title: What happened to my town?; title: Conclusion: the implications of a new normal.