ISBN:
0313299617
,
9780313299612
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
Online-Ressource (xv, 583 p)
,
ill
Ausgabe:
Online-Ausg. 2010 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Serie:
Non-Series
Paralleltitel:
Print version A Nation of Peoples : A Sourcebook on America's Multicultural Heritage
DDC:
305.8/00973
Schlagwort(e):
Cultural pluralism
;
Minorities
;
Immigrants
;
United States Ethnic relations
;
United States Race relations
Kurzfassung:
The debate over America's multiculturalism has been intense for nearly three decades, dividing opponents into those insisting on such recognition and those fearing that such a formal acknowledgment will undermine the civic bonds created by a heterogeneous nation. Facts have often been the victim in this dispute, and few works have successfully attempted to present the broad spectrum of America's ethnic groups in a format that is readable, current, and authoritative. The chapters in this reference book demonstrate that America has been far more than a nation of immigrants; it has been a nation
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
Contents; Preface; Introduction: America-A Nation of Peoples; African Americans; American Indians; British (English, Welsh, Scots, Scotch-Irish); Central and South Americans; Chinese; Cubans; Dutch; East Europeans; Filipinos; French, French Canadians, and Cajuns; Germans and German-Speaking Immigrants; Greeks; Hawaiians; Irish; Italians; Japanese; Jews; Koreans; Mexicans; Middle Easterners and North Africans; Mormons; Poles; Puerto Ricans; Scandinavians; South Asians; Southeast Asians; West Indians/Caribbeans; Appendix: Immigration Tables, 1820-1996, and Naturalization Tables, 1907-1996
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
Selected General BibliographyIndex; About the Contributors
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [553]-562) and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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