ISBN:
9781641773195
Language:
English
Pages:
XI, 271 Seiten
,
Illustrationen, Diagramme
Edition:
First American edition
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Heycke, Jens Kurt, 1961- Out of the melting pot, into the fire
DDC:
305.8
Keywords:
Multiculturalism History
;
Multiculturalism History
;
Ethnic relations Political aspects
;
United States Race relations
;
History
Abstract:
"The melting pot metaphor has been the prevailing ideal for integrating new citizens throughout most of America's history. Yet contemporary elites often reject it as antiquated or even racist and advocate replacing it with multiculturalism. This book informs the debate over multiculturalism and the melting pot with an essential international and historical perspective. It evaluates how the melting pot and multicultural models have worked out in other societies around the world over 2,500 years of history: it provides a multicultural look at the melting pot and multiculturalism"--
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index