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1 online resource. |
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| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Series |
The social logic of politics
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Social logic of politics.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Cultural pluralism -- Iowa.
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Cultural pluralism. |
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Iowa. |
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Ethnicity -- Iowa.
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Ethnicity. |
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Immigrants -- Iowa.
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Immigrants. |
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Political socialization -- Iowa.
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Political socialization. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- General. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Lay, J. Celeste. Midwestern mosaic. Philadelphia : Temple University Press, ©2012 9781439907924 (DLC) 2011048802 (OCoLC)757475381 |
| ISBN |
9781439907948 (electronic book) |
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1439907943 (electronic book) |
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9781439907924 |
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1439907927 |
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9781439907931 |
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1439907935 |
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1280486988 |
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9781280486982 |
| Standard No. |
9786613582218 |
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