The American kaleidoscope : race, ethnicity, and the civic culture

The American kaleidoscope race, ethnicity, and the civic culture

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Examines the historical patterns of ethnicity and the ways in which a national political culture has evolved to accommodate ethnic diversity. Compares the experiences of immigrant ethnic groups, African- Americans, and native Americans to each other and in relation to the national culture.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Fuchs, Lawrence H. (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hanover, NH : Wesleyan University Press 1990.
Colección:EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • "True Americanism": the foundations of the civic culture
  • "Reinforcements to Republicanism": Irish Catholic response to the civic culture
  • More Slovenian and more American: how the hyphen unites
  • "Go back to the country from whence you came": predatory pluralism and the Native American response
  • "This fourth of July is yours": African-Americans and caste pluralism
  • "I go sad and heavy hearted": sojourner pluralism for Asians and Mexicans
  • "The road of hope": Asians and Mexicans find cracks in the system
  • "Do you understand your own language?": Black Americans' attack on caste
  • "They never did really see me": the assertion of Black ethnic identity
  • "We want full participation": African-Americans and coalition politics
  • "We have to be part of the political system": redefining tribal pluralism
  • "America is in the heart": Asian sojourners no longer
  • "Can't they see? I love this country ... ": Mexican-Americans and the battle against sojourner pluralism
  • Blood of all nations: the sources of ethnicity become global
  • "From the mountains, to the prairies, to the oceans ... ": the spread of ethnic diversity
  • Tacos and kimchee: the quickening pace of ethnic interaction
  • Kashaya and the Nyingma: identities and boundaries
  • "The wish of the founding fathers": third world immigrants embrace the civic culture
  • "All these ... are the life blood of America": celebrating diversity
  • Xenophobia, racism, and bigotry: conflict in the kaleidoscope
  • "Equal and exact justice": the civil rights compact
  • "To get beyond racism": integrating education and housing
  • "To get beyond racism": political access and economic opportunity
  • Respecting diversity, promoting unity: the language issue
  • Questions of membership: who are the outsiders?

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