Speaking of Diversity : Language and Ethnicity in Twentieth-Century America / / Philip Gleason

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910524869203321
• Autore: Gleason Philip <1927-, >
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Johns Hopkins University Press
• ISBN: 1-4214-3479-2
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (1 online resource (xiii, 314 pages))
• Disciplina: 305.8/00973/09045
• Soggetti: Religion; Minorities; Ethnicity; Ethnic relations; Catholics; Catholiques - États-Unis; Minorites - États-Unis; Ethnicite - États-Unis; Race Relations; Prejudice; Minority Groups; Ethnic Groups; Cultural Diversity; Catholics - United States; Minorities - United States; Ethnicity - United States; Essays.; United States; États-Unis Relations interethniques; États-Unis Religion; United States Religion; United States Ethnic relations
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Originally published in 1992
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction -- ; part 1 Coming to Terms with Ethnicity -- ; 1 The Melting Pot: Symbol of Fusion or Confusion? ; (starting pages 3) -- ; 2 Confusion Compounded: A Melting Pot Update ; (starting pages 32) -- ; 3 The Odd Couple: Pluralism and Assimilation ; (starting pages 47) -- ; 4 Minorities (Almost) All ; (starting pages 91) -- ; 5 Identifying Identity: A Semantic History ; (starting pages 123) -- ; part 2 World War II and American Identity -- ; 6 Americans All ; (starting pages 153) -- ; 7 The Study of American Culture ; (starting pages 188) -- ; 8 Pluralism, Democracy, and Catholicism: Religious Tensions ; (starting pages 207) -- ; part 3 Religion and American Diversity -- ; 9 Hansen, Herberg, and American Religion ; (starting pages 231) -- ; 10 Immigration, Religion, and Civil Religion ; (starting pages 250) -- ; 11 "Americanism" in American Catholic Discourse ; (starting pages 272) -- Index ; (starting pages 301)
• Sommario/riassunto: "In recent years U.S. social history has taken dramatic strides in studies of race, gender, and ethnicity. Among historians of American ethnic groups, Philip Gleason has played a leading role in that development. His essays analyzing the terms of public and scholarly discourse -- mapping the changing conceptions of American identity during the past half century -- make a distinctive contribution to intellectual history." "Speaking of Diversity collects eleven of Gleason's seminal essays, each of them examining twentieth-century American thought on ethnic and religious diversity. Part 1 focuses specifically on linguistic and conceptual analysis, treating terms such as melting-pot, pluralism, identity, and minority. Part 2 explores the impact of World War II on American thinking about diversity, tolerance, and intergroup relations. Part 3 consists of essays on religion, all closely tied to themes in earlier essays. Together, they form a model of methodological and thematic unity. The essays also clear the ground as Americans continue their efforts to realize the stated goals of tolerance, diversity, and order."--Jacket.