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This book is a logical consequence of a book published in 1965 under the title Immigrants Assimilation - A Study of Polish People in Western Australia. In the original study, adult Polish immigrants were asked, amongst other things, about their attitudes to their children's assimilation to the culture of the Australian society. Needless to say, some parents were eager for their children to remain Polish, whilst others express ed a desire for them to become Australians. Naturally, it seem ed practical to investigate the children's attitudes to their own assimilation. The present study is therefore mainly concerned with these attitudes. Much has been written about second generation immigrants and a lot has been of a speculative nature, since nobody has yet gone into the homes of immigrants and asked them and their children about the way they feel regarding a culture which is new to them. The present study is unique in this sense because it fills a vital gap by studying assimilation of two generations of immigrants belonging to the same family. Second generation immigrants have occupied the attention of many writers in the sociological and psychological litera ture. Vital social phenomena such as delinquency, mental breakdowns, and marginality have been ascribed to the second generation immigrants on account of their status as midway people between two cultural milieus. Some of these phenome It is generally accepted that na are traced in the present study.
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Front Matter
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Assimilation Myth
Book Subtitle: A Study of Second Generation Polish Immigrants in Western Australia
Authors: Ruth Johnston
Series Title: Research Group for European Migration Problems
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-7750-4
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Martinus Nijhoff, The Hague, Netherlands 1969
Softcover ISBN: 978-90-247-0467-5Published: 31 January 1969
eBook ISBN: 978-94-011-7750-4Published: 06 December 2012
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 96
Topics: History, general