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Americanization at the Factory Gate

dc.contributor.authorKorman, Gerd
dc.date.accessioned2020-11-17T17:17:14Z
dc.date.available2020-11-17T17:17:14Z
dc.date.issued1965-04-01
dc.description.abstract[Excerpt] In the decade of World War I the militant wing of the Americanization movement tried to impose its solutions for national vigor and harmony upon welfare and safety programs designed to make industrial relations less exploitive and wasteful. Convinced that the teaching of English and civics was essential for the nation's welfare, militant Americanizers used the war in Europe to launch a campaign for disciplining the loyalties and languages of America's immigrant. This crusade brought them to factories employing large numbers of newcomers. They tried to make existing welfare and safety programs instruments of their crusade and sought to institute practices designed to make immigrant workers learn English and civics. Though they failed to make welfare and safety programs an integral part of the Americanization movement, militant Americanizers helped shape the educational programs large employers of labor were developing for their workers.
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dc.identifier.other258331
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1813/75268
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.rightsRequired Publisher Statement: Copyright by Cornell University
dc.subjectILR
dc.subjectCornell University
dc.subjectmovement
dc.subjectwelfare program
dc.subjectsafety program
dc.subjectEnglish
dc.subjectcivics
dc.subjectwar
dc.subjectEurope
dc.subjectimmigrant
dc.subjectAmerica
dc.subjectcrusade
dc.subjectfactories
dc.subjectworker
dc.subjectemployer
dc.subjectprogram
dc.titleAmericanization at the Factory Gate
dc.typearticle
local.authorAffiliationKorman, Gerd: agk1@cornell.edu Cornell University

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