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  • Westport, Conn. [u.a.] : Praeger
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  • 1
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    Religious myths and visions of America : how minority faiths redefined America's world role (2009)
    Westport, Conn. [u.a.] : Praeger
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    ISBN: 9780313359590
    Language: English
    Pages: XII, 324 S.
    Additional Information: Rezensiert in Annus, Irén E. Review: Religious Myths and Visions of America: How Minority Faiths Redefined America's World Role, by Christopher Buck 2012
    DDC: 200.973
    RVK:
    LC 32610
    RVK:
    LB 46610
    Keywords: Mythology Political aspects ; History ; United States History ; Religious aspects ; United States Religion ; USA ; Religion ; Mythos ; Nationalbewusstsein ; Politische Identität
    Abstract: 1. America : nation and notion : -- Civil myths of America and civil religion -- Religious myths and visions of America -- Racial myths and visions of America -- 2. Native American myths and visions of America : -- The Turtle Island myth and the myth of "Mother Earth" -- The Deganawidah legend -- The Iroquois influence thesis : myth or history? -- 3. Protestant myths and visions of America : -- The Puritan myth of America -- The "manifest destiny" myth -- The "curse of Ham" myth -- The African American exodus counter-myth -- 4. Catholic myths and visions of America : -- Papal praise of America -- The Americanist myth of America -- Papal responses to the Americanist myth of America -- Can the Americanist myth of America become a reality? -- 5. Jewish myths and visions of America : -- Jewish visions of America as a mirror of Jewish ideologies -- The Jewish myth of america as "the promised land" -- The Jewish "myth of Columbus" -- Jewish prayers for America : communal visions of America -- Orthodox Judaism's traditional prayer for the government -- Conservative Judaism's vision of America -- Reform Judaism's vision of America -- Reconstructionist Judaism's vision of America -- Jewish Americanism: the "cult of synthesis" -- 6. Mormon myths and visions of America : -- The garden of Eden myth -- The lost tribes myth -- The Columbus myth -- The Constitution myth -- The founding fathers myth -- The theodemocracy myth -- The America as Zion myth -- The mark of Cain myth -- 7. Christian identity myths and visions of America : -- The two-seed myth -- The mud races myth -- The lost tribes myth -- The white homeland myth -- The racial holy war myth -- 8. Black Muslim myths and visions of America : -- The Yacub myth -- The mother plane myth -- The destruction of America myth -- 9. Contemporary Muslim myths and visions of America : -- The "great Satan" myth -- The "axis of evil" counter-mutj -- Efforts to dispel the "great Satan" myth and to minimize the fallout from the "axis of evil" myth -- 10. Buddhist myths and visions of America : -- Soka Gakkai's myth of "America's second renaissance" -- Robert Thurman's myth of America's "second renaissance" -- The Dalai Lama's "Buddhist democracy" myth and vision of America's world role -- 11. Bahá'í myths and visions of America : -- A brief introduction to the Bahá'í faith -- Bahá'í myths as a "sacred history" of America -- The Bahá'í emancipation/Civil War myth -- The Bahá'í Wilsonian myth -- The Bahá'í vision of the destiny of America -- 12. Conclusion: How minority faiths redefined America's world role : -- Religious myths and visions of America recapitulated -- An overview of America's world role -- Final reflections: a world civil religion?
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 271 - 301) and index
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    Blogging America : the new public sphere (2008)
    Westport, Conn. [u.a.] : Praeger
    Details
    ISBN: 9780275998721 (alk. paper) , 027599872X (alk. paper)
    Language: English
    Pages: XV, 183 S. , 25 cm
    Series Statement: New directions in media
    DDC: 303.48/33
    RVK:
    AP 18450
    Keywords: Blogs / Social aspects ; Blogs / Political aspects ; Blogs / Religious aspects / Christianity ; Christentum ; Gesellschaft ; Politik ; Religion ; Blogs Political aspects ; Blogs Religious aspects ; Christianity ; Blogs Social aspects ; Politik ; Weblog ; Massenkultur ; Christentum ; USA ; USA ; Weblog ; Politik ; Massenkultur ; Christentum
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. [177]-180) and index , An introduction to the blogs -- The blogs in society -- The blogs from within -- The blogs, political issues, and the press -- The blog in popular culture -- Online community, online utilization : the Christian blog
    URL: Inhaltsverzeichnis
    URL: Inhaltsverzeichnis
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  • 3
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    Book
    America's banquet of cultures : harnessing ethnicity, race, and immigration in the twenty-first century (2000)
    Westport, Conn. [u.a.] : Praeger
    Details
    ISBN: 027595871X
    Language: English
    Pages: xx, 258 S.
    DDC: 305.800973
    RVK:
    LB 48610
    Keywords: Ethnische Beziehungen ; Ethnische Identität ; Multikulturelle Gesellschaft ; USA
    URL: Inhaltsverzeichnis
    URL: Inhaltsverzeichnis
    URL: Inhaltsverzeichnis
    URL: Inhaltsverzeichnis
    URL: Inhaltsverzeichnis
    URL: Inhaltsverzeichnis
    URL: Inhaltsverzeichnis
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  • 4
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    U.S. immigration policy in an age of rights (2000)
    Westport, Conn. [u.a.] : Praeger
    Details
    ISBN: 0275967336 , 0275967646
    Language: English
    Pages: XII, 153 S , graph. Darst.
    DDC: 325.73
    RVK:
    LB 49610
    RVK:
    MS 3600
    Keywords: United States Emigration and immigration ; Government policy ; USA ; Einwanderungspolitik ; Geschichte 1965-1998
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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  • 5
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    The menace of multiculturalism : Trojan horse in America (1997)
    Westport, Conn. [u.a.] : Praeger
    Details
    ISBN: 0275955982
    Language: English
    Pages: XVI, 211 S.
    DDC: 305.800973
    RVK:
    MS 1235
    Keywords: Multikulturelle Gesellschaft ; USA
    URL: Inhaltsverzeichnis
    URL: Inhaltsverzeichnis
    URL: Inhaltsverzeichnis
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  • 6
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    Cultural diversity in the workplace : issues and strategies (1994)
    Westport, Conn. [u.a.] : Praeger
    Details
    ISBN: 0275950956
    Language: English
    Pages: XII, 268 S , Ill , 25 cm
    DDC: 658.304
    RVK:
    QV 578
    RVK:
    QV 220
    Keywords: Minorities Employment ; Multiculturalism ; Personnel management ; Diversity in the workplace ; Cultural Diversity ; Employment ; Minority Groups ; Personnel Management ; Workplace ; USA ; Multikulturelle Gesellschaft ; Nationale Minderheit ; Beschäftigung ; Kommunikation
    Description / Table of Contents: pt. 1. People. Introduction -- Ethnic minorities -- Women -- Older workers -- Workers with disabilities -- Foreign workers -- pt. 2. Workplace issues and interventions. Barriers to cultural diversity -- Communication in organizations -- Words that hurt -- Cross-cultural conflict -- Epilogue.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-252) and index
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