The Americanization of the Immigrant
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9760000 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Grover G Huebner (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1906 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 191-213 |
| Publication date | 1906-05-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7162 • E-ISSN: 1552-3349 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/000271620602700322 |
| OpenAlex | W2084674592 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
that process by which immigrants are transformed into Americans. It is not the mere adoption of American citizenship, but the actual raising of the immigrant the American economic, social and moral standard of life. Then has an immigrant been Americanized only when his mind and will have been united, with the mind and will of the American so that the two act and think together. The American of to-day is, therefore, not the American of yesterday. Ile is the result of the assimilation of all the different nationalities of the United States which have been united so as think and act together. Again, Americanization is very different from amalgamation.l Amalgamation is but one force which appears in the Americanization process and that an unimportant one, as it usually occurs only after the immigrant has been at least partly Americanized. Furthermore, to think and act together does not necessitate that race ties are wholly lost. That is its usual meaning, but nationalities such as the Jews, Italians, Bohemians and even Scandinavians often settle in practically exclusive settlements. Such settlements are Americanized in as much as the immigrants learn think and act like Americans. To think and act together in some cases is, therefore, think and act like Americans, and in others it is the actual uniting of the minds and activities of the immigrants with those of the Americans by actual, permanent association. Finally, it is essential recognize degrees of Americanization. Some immigrants will adopt certain American methods, customs and ideas, but will refuse, or prove themselves unable, adopt others. Some will, quite fully, adopt the industrial methods of American
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| Citations per year | 0.07 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1915 - 2022 (108) |
| Highly cited | No |