Culture Clash : Immigrants and Reformers 1880-1920
San Francisco: R and E Research Associates, 1975.
Trade Paperback. Good with no dust jacket. Item #5797
ISBN: 0882473611
Library stamps/marks/labels/pocket, spine and hinges reinforced with transparent tape, edgewear, cover creasing, light wear. Solid trade paperback.; "This work combines five studies revolving around the common theme of conflict between American reformers and immigrants during the progressive era. It explores the attitudes and approaches of several urban groups and organizations working among the ethnic minorities. ... Somewhat like the nativist societies which historians have treated so unkindly (with justification), fearful reformers pressured the ethnics to purge themselves of the old world culture and conform to the new. Only in this way could they assure Americanization and avoid cultural mongrelization. This study examines the charities, settlements, educators (particularly the industrial education movement), and the Young Men's Christian Association, each of which developed extensive programs for immigrants. According to its hopes and fears, each contributed to something approaching a cultural cold war with the strangers in their land." - Preface. Contents: Preface; Chapter I. Progressives, Immigrants and Racism; Ch II. Settlements, Charities, and the Cultural Cold War; Ch III. Educators, Immigrants, and the Rise of Industrial Education; Ch IV. The YMCA and the Politics of Co-Optation; Ch V. Peter Roberts: The Travails of a Moderate; Epilogue; Appendices A-1 to A-5, B-1 to B-5; Bibliography. ; Ex-Library; vii, 150 pages.
Price: $49.95