A midwestern mosaic : immigration and political socialization in rural America / J. Celeste Lay.

Compares the political knowledge and behavior of adolescents in five small towns in Iowa, two of which have experienced significant additions to the population from Latino migration changing their ethnic make-up significantly.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Social logic of politics.
Main Author: Lay, J. Celeste
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : Temple University Press, [2012], ©2012.
Series:Social logic of politics.
Subjects:
Cultural pluralism > Iowa.
Ethnicity > Iowa.
Immigrants > Iowa.
Political socialization > Iowa.
Physical Description:x, 224 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Format: Book
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.