Ethnicity, Social Stigma, and Resource Mobilization in Rural America
Reexamination of a Midwestern Experience
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2738705 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Miriam J Wells (0000-0003-4014-2591, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1975 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 319 |
| Publication date | 1975-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Ethnohistory (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0014-1801 • E-ISSN: 1527-5477 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/481400 |
| OpenAlex | W2324445615 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 24 |
This article examines the interconnection of ethnicity, social stigma, and resource mobilization in order to improve understanding of the historical development of Euro-American communities. It explores the process through which an economically dependent and ethnically stigmatized Polish immigrant population became incorporated into a small midwestern town. It is argued that: 1) contrary to assimilationist assumptions, ethnic incorporation entailed little homogenization of cultural and associational structures; 2) although ethnic differences were negatively viewed by powerholders, they did not invariably constitute a liability in minority resource mobilization; 3) the rate of assimilation and role of ethnicity vary sharply with historical period and context of activity considered
Ethnic group · Family medicine · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) · Mobilization · Political science · Psychiatry · Resource mobilization · Social mobilization · Social movement · Social stigma · Stigma (botany) · American History and Culture · Law · Medicine · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy · Psychology · Race, History, and American Society
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Ethnic patterns in American cities.
Assimilation in American life
The urban villagers
The end of ideology
Black Metropolis
Italians in Chicago, 1880-1930
Theft of the Nation
Ethnic Enterprise in America
Race and Ethnicity in Modern America
Race and Ethnicity in Modern America
American Pluralism
Black Bourgeoisie
The Making of an American Community
Beyond the Great Divide
The Moral Basis of a Backward Society
History of Polish American Culture
Custom and Politics in Urban Africa
Song, Dance, and Customs of Peasant Poland
Ecologic Relationships of Ethnic Groups in Swat, North Pakistan
The Acculturation of American Ethnic Groups
The Lutheran Community and American Society
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,07 |
| Citation span | 1980 - 1989 (10) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |