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Record Nr.

UNINA9910969792503321

Titolo

Multiculturalism in the United States : a comparative guide to acculturation and ethnicity / / edited by John D. Buenker and Lorman A. Ratner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Westport, Conn. : , : Greenwood Press, , 2005

London : , : Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), , 2024

ISBN

979-84-00-68828-7

1-282-41800-9

9786612418006

0-313-06273-0

Edizione

[Rev. and expanded ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (456 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BuenkerJohn D

RatnerLorman

Disciplina

305.8/00973

Soggetti

Acculturation - United States

Cultural pluralism - United States

Ethnicity - United States

Minorities - United States

Multiculturalism - United States

United States Ethnic relations

United States Race 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 (p. [389]-417) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; African Americans; American Indians; Arab Americans; Asian Indian Americans; Chinese Americans; Dominican Americans; Filipino Americans; German Americans; Haitian Americans; Irish Americans; Italian Americans; Jewish Americans; Korean Americans; Mexican Americans; Polish Americans; Scandinavian Americans; Vietnamese Americans; Bibliographical Essay; Index; About the Contributors

Sommario/riassunto

Interest in ethnic studies and multiculturalism has grown considerably in the years since the 1992 publication of the first edition of this work. Co-editors Ratner and Buenker have revised and updated the first



edition of Multiculturalism in the United States to reflect the changes, patterns, and shifts in immigration showing how American culture affects immigrants and is affected by them. Common topics that helped determine the degree and pace of acculturation for each ethnic group are addressed in each of the 17 essays, providing the reader with a comparative reference tool. Seven new ethnic