1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910452255103321

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Westport, Conn., : Greenwood Press, 2005

ISBN

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

Minorities - United States

Multiculturalism - United States

Cultural pluralism - United States

Acculturation - United States

Ethnicity - United States

Electronic books.

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

2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996390291303316

Autore

Burroughs Jeremiah <1599-1646.>

Titolo

The rare jewel of Christian contentment [[electronic resource] ] : Wherein is shewed, 1 What contentment is. 2 The holy art or mysterie of it. 3 Several lessons that Christ teacheth to work the heart to contentment. 4 The excellencies of it. 5 The evils of murmuring. 6 The aggravations of the sin of murmuring. By Jeremiah Burroughs. The first of the six volumes that are published by Thomas Godwyn. William Greenhil. Sydrach Simpson. Philip Nye. William Bridge. John Yates. William Adderley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : printed by W. Bentley, for L. S[adler] and R. B[eaumont], Anno Domini 1651

Descrizione fisica

[12], 163, [13] p

Altri autori (Persone)

GoodwinThomas <1600-1680.>

Soggetti

Contentment - Religious aspects

Sermons, English - 17th century

Christian life

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"To the reader" signed: Thomas Goodwyn [and 6 others].

The words "Thomas Goodwyn. .. Nye." and "William Bridge. .. Adderley." are bracketed together on title page.

Booksellers' names from Wing B6105.

"The saints dutie in times of extremitie" (caption title), p. 143-163.

Includes indexes.

A variant of the edition with "L. Sadler and R. Beaumont" in imprint in place of "L.S. and R.B.".

Reproduction of the original in the British Library.



Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0018