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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/39748109 Title: A nation of peoples : a sourcebook on America's multicultural heritage Author: Elliott Robert Barkan Publisher: Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1999. ISBN/ISSN: 0313299617 9780313299612 OCLC:39748109

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A nation of peoples : a sourcebook on America's multicultural heritage

Author:	Elliott Robert Barkan
Publisher:	Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1999.
Edition/Format:	Book : English
Summary:	Using the latest available materials, expert contributors explore the principal racial, religious, and ethnic groups of the United States. 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 Read more... Using the latest available materials, expert contributors explore the principal racial, religious, and ethnic groups of the United States. 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. This reference book includes alphabetically arranged chapters on more than two dozen racial, religious, and ethnic groups of the United States, including African Americans, American Indians, Filipinos, Hawaiians, Mexicans, Mormons, and Puerto Ricans. Each chapter is written by a leading scholar and overviews the experiences and achievements of a particular group in the United States. Among the topics considered are the group's entry into America; the problems of adaptation faced by the first generation; economic, political, and cultural integration; and the status of the group in contemporary society. Each chapter ends with a thorough bibliographical essay, and the volume concludes with a review of the most important general works in the field.
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Document Type:	Book
All Authors / Contributors:	Elliott Robert Barkan Find more information about:
ISBN:	0313299617 9780313299612
OCLC Number:	39748109
Description:	xv, 583 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents:	Introduction: America--a nation of peoples / Elliott Robert Barkan -- African Americans / Juliet E.K. Walker -- American Indians / Alice B. Kehoe -- British (English, Welsh, Scots, Scotch-Irish) / William E. Van Vugt -- Central and South Americans / Carlos B. Cordova and Raquel Pinderhughes -- Chinese / Judy Yung -- Cubans / Guillermo J. Grenier and Lisandro Perez -- Dutch / Suzanne M. Sinke -- East Europeans / Thaddeus C. Radzilowski and John Radzilowski -- Filipinos / Jon Cruz -- French, French Canadians, and Cajuns / Bruno Ramirez and Francois Weil. Germans and German-speaking immigrants / James M. Bergquist -- Greeks / George A. Kourvetaris -- Hawaiians / Pauline Nawahineokala'i King -- Irish / Timothy J. Meagher -- Italians / Paola A. Sensi-Isolani -- Japanese / Eileen H. Tamura -- Jews / Edward S. Shapiro -- Koreans / Kwang Chung Kim -- Mexicans / David G. Gutierrez -- Middle Easterners and North Africans / Linda S. Walbridge -- Mormons / Steven Epperson -- Poles / Dominic A. Pacyga -- Puerto Ricans / Carmen Teresa Whalen -- Scandinavians / David C. Mauk. South Asians / Bruce La Brack -- Southeast Asians / Steven J. Gold -- West Indians/Caribbeans / Philip Kasinitz and Milton Vickerman.
Responsibility:	edited by Elliott Robert Barkan.

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Using the latest available materials, expert contributors explore the principal racial, religious, and ethnic groups of the United States. 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. This reference book includes alphabetically arranged chapters on more than two dozen racial, religious, and ethnic groups of the United States, including African Americans, American Indians, Filipinos, Hawaiians, Mexicans, Mormons, and Puerto Ricans. Each chapter is written by a leading scholar and overviews the experiences and achievements of a particular group in the United States. Among the topics considered are the group's entry into America; the problems of adaptation faced by the first generation; economic, political, and cultural integration; and the status of the group in contemporary society. Each chapter ends with a thorough bibliographical essay, and the volume concludes with a review of the most important general works in the field.

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