Americanization in the States: Immigrant Social Welfare Policy, Citizenship, and National Identity in the United States, 1908-1929

by Christina A. Ziegler-McPherson

"Makes a formidable contribution to U.S. immigration history by addressing historical and contemporary debates about national identity and the place of immigrants within American society."--Brian Gratton, Arizona State University

"Deepens and clarifies our understanding of this understudied but very important social movement by comparing and contrasting those Americanization efforts aimed at protecting immigrants with those more coercive...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813035503
• ISBN13: 9780813035505
• Release Date: April 2010
• Publisher: University Press of Florida
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"