Immigrant America European Ethnicity in the U. S.

Name: Immigrant America European Ethnicity in the U. S.
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ISBN: 9780815316657

ISBN-10: 0815316658

ISBN-13: 9780815316657

Edition: 1994

Authors: Timothy Walch

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This new volume of original essays focuses on the presence of European ethnic culture in American society since 1830. Among the topics explored inImmigrant Americaare the alienation and assimilation of immigrants; the immigrant home and family as a haven of ethnicity; religion, education and employment as agents of acculturation; and the contours of ethnic community in American society.

Book details

List price: $67.95
Copyright year: 1994
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 6/1/1994
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 280
Size: 9.02" wide x 5.98" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English

Timothy Walch is the director emeritus of the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library, a former trustee of the State Historical Society of Iowa, and a longtime member of the Iowa State Historical Records Advisory Board. Educated at the University of Notre Dame and Northwestern University, Dr. Walch is a frequent contributor to Iowa Heritage Illustrated, the quarterly magazine of the State Historical Society of Iowa.



Introduction


Beyond "America for Americans": Inside the Movement Culture of Antebellum Nativism



Becoming American: Assimilation, Pluralism, and Ethnic Identity



Us and Them: Personal Reflections on Ethnic Literature



Home Is Where the Heart Is: Immigrant Mobility and Home Ownership



Parents and Children: Fundamental Questions about Immigrant Family Life



Mothers and Daughters: Nassau County Italian American Women



The Religious Factor in Immigration: The Dutch Experience



The Ethnic Dimension in American Catholic Parochial Education



The World of Work: The Croatians of Whiting, Indiana



The Changing Face of Ethnic Politics: From Political Machine to Community Organization



The Ethnic Frontier: Rural Germans and the Settlement of America



Ethnic Elites and Their Organizations: The St. Louis Experience, 1900-1925



Guide to Further Reading


Contributors


Index