A midwestern mosaic : immigration and political socialization in rural America / J. Celeste Lay.

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Lay, J. Celeste

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text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781439907948
1439907943

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Midwestern mosaic.DDC classification:

305.8009777 23

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HM1271

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Contents:

Transformation of small town America -- A natural experiment in Iowa towns -- Seeing race : attitudes toward immigrants and symbolic racism -- No retreat : civic withdrawal and immigration -- Gradual progress -- What happened to my town? -- Conclusion: the implications of a new normal.

Summary: Drawn by low-skilled work and the safety and security of rural life, increasing numbers of families from Latin America and Southeast Asia have migrated to the American heartland. In the path-breaking book A Midwestern Mosaic, J. Celeste Lay examines the effects of political socialization on native white youth growing up in small towns. Lay studies five Iowa towns to investigate how the political attitudes and inclinations of native adolescents change as a result of rapid ethnic diversification. Using surveys and interviews, she discovers that native adolescents adapt very well to foreign-born c.

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Drawn by low-skilled work and the safety and security of rural life, increasing numbers of families from Latin America and Southeast Asia have migrated to the American heartland. In the path-breaking book A Midwestern Mosaic, J. Celeste Lay examines the effects of political socialization on native white youth growing up in small towns. Lay studies five Iowa towns to investigate how the political attitudes and inclinations of native adolescents change as a result of rapid ethnic diversification. Using surveys and interviews, she discovers that native adolescents adapt very well to foreign-born c.

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