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The existing scholarship typically measures “Americanization” along structural lines—such as knowledge of public policies, percentage of life spent in the U.S., or proficiency in the English language. While these variables are certainly important, they overlook another important dimension of newcomers’ post-migration experiences—namely, immigrants’ psychological attachment and sense of belonging to the American social, political, and economic fabric. This article therefore reevaluates what it means to Americanize by exploring the psychological (or symbolic) dimensions of multigenerational immigrants’ evolving political beliefs toward the polity. In rethinking the process of Americanization, we rely on a largely understudied immigrant population—that is, the Los Angeles Armenians (or Armenian Angelenos)—and an original public opinion survey—the Armenian Angeleno Survey (AAS). This study demonstrates that symbolic (rather than merely structural) Americanization is a useful framework in studying how contemporary immigrant groups position themselves in relation to the polity and understand important political outcomes. This article thus introduces an expanded model based on how multigenerational immigrants cultivate their ethnic communities while becoming ideological members of American society.
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145536
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The European Youth Campaign was a youth group covertly funded by the Central Intelligence Agency to promote European unification and security arrangements. It was created in response to the Soviet sponsored 1951 World Festival of Youth and Students held in Berlin. The Irish branch, which was active until 1958, offers a useful case study to examine the intersection of international Cold War politics and domestic concerns about youth deviance and the impact of American mass culture. Irish organizers hosted conferences and engaged in a broad publicity campaign. The European Youth Campaign also illustrates aspects of Americanization. Irish delegates stressed the contribution Ireland could make to the moral rearmament of Europe while at the same time debating the impact of productivity and materialism on Irish society. This study thus expands our understanding of Irish-European integration debates and shows how a small, neutral country participated in the cultural Cold War.
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124020
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Hampshire, Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
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x, 237p.Pbk
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9780230517325
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| Accession# | Call# | Current Location | Status | Policy | Location |
| 057469 | 303.482/OBY 057469 | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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