Americanization In The States: Immigrant Social Welfare Policy, Citizenship...

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Book Title: Americanization In The States: Immigrant Social Welfare Poli...

Number of Pages: 256 Pages

Language: English

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

Publisher: University Press of Florida

Item Height: 0.5 in

Subject: United States / 20th Century, Emigration & Immigration, United States / State & Local / South (Al, Ar, Fl, Ga, Ky, La, ms, Nc, SC, Tn, VA, WV), Civics & Citizenship

Publication Year: 2010

Item Weight: 16 Oz

Type: Textbook

Item Length: 9.2 in

Author: Christina A. Ziegler-Mcpherson

Subject Area: Political Science, Social Science, History

Series: Working in the Americas Ser.

Item Width: 6.1 in

Format: Trade Paperback