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The Political Manifestations Of Ethnocentrism: The French-Canadians In Waterville, Maine, Stuart H. Rakoff

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The process of acculturation, seen clearly in the development of the French-Canadians in New England, provides that as contacts to the homeland and ethnic group become more distant and weak with the successive generations, tile individual v1ill become more open to social pressures of the American genre. Politically this means that the ethnic pressures and views which may be prevalent early in the group's American history, will gradually weaken and disappear, being replaced by the traditional appeals of American politics. This ability of the political system to break down and destroy foreign ties has been the central reason for the …