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Record Nr.

UNINA9910480625803321

Autore

Parrillo Vincent N

Titolo

Diversity in America [[electronic resource] /] / Vincent N. Parrillo

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : SAGE, 2009

ISBN

1-4833-2980-1

1-4129-9351-2

1-4416-5516-6

Edizione

[3rd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 p.)

Disciplina

305.800973

Soggetti

Cultural pluralism - United States - History

Electronic books.

United States Race relations

United States Ethnic relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; List of Art; Preface; About the Author; Chapter 1 - Perception and Reality; Chapter 2 - Diversity in Aboriginal America; Chapter 3 - Diversity in Colonial Times; Chapter 4 - Diversity in the Early National Period; Chapter 5 - Diversity in the Age of Expansion; Chapter 6 - Diversity in the Industrial Age; Chapter 7 - Diversity in the Information Age; Chapter 8 - Intergenerational Comparisons; Chapter 9 - Is Multiculturalism a Threat?; Chapter 10 - Multiculturalism After 9/11; Chapter 11 - The Next Horizon; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Providing students with a thorough historical background on immigration & race relations issues & how they've shaped US society, the book covers how assimilation & pluralism have been ongoing, dual realities in the US since the beginnings of the country.