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Article: Americanization in the States.(Brief article)(Book review)
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- September 1, 2009
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Americanization in the States
Christina A. Ziegler-McPherson
University Press of Florida
University of Florida,
15 Northwest 15th Street, Gainesville, FL 32611-2079
9780813033617 $65.00 www.upf.com
Americanization in the States: Immigrant Social Welfare Policy, Citizenship, and National Identity in the United States, 1908-1929 is a scholarly study of American bureaus and programs in the early twentieth century that were designed to help immigrants blend into American society. Though some of these efforts were criticized for being culturally oppressive, forcing those from diverse cultures to conform to Anglo-American ...