LEADER 03831nam 22006615 450 001 996588058703316 005 20230421033535.0 010 $a0-8147-4484-2 010 $a0-585-02178-3 024 7 $a10.18574/9780814744840 035 $a(CKB)111000211309080 035 $a(EBL)865614 035 $a(OCoLC)782877989 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000259716 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11209456 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000259716 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10191066 035 $a(PQKB)11622715 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC865614 035 $a(OCoLC)42854193 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse10683 035 $a(DE-B1597)547223 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780814744840 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111000211309080 100 $a20200623h19971997 fg 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurun#---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aTo be an American $ecultural pluralism and the rhetoric of assimilation /$fBill Ong Hing 210 1$aNew York, NY :$cNew York University Press,$d[1997] 210 4$dİ1997 215 $a1 online resource (258 p.) 225 0 $aCritical America ;$v17 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-8147-3609-2 311 0 $a0-8147-3523-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 192-236) and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgments --$tIntroduction --$tChapter 1. A Superior Multicultural Experience --$tChapter 2. A Nation of Immigrants, a History of Nativism --$tChapter 3. Mi Cliente y Amigo: Rodolfo Martinez Padilla --$tChapter 4. Searching for the Truth about Immigrants and Jobs --$tChapter 5. How Much Do Immigrants Cost? The Methodology Wars --$tChapter 6. Contextualizing Immigration --$tChapter 7. Low-Wage Immigrants and African Americans --$tChapter 8. Beyond the Economic Debate: The Cultural Complaint --$tChapter 9. The Challenge to Cultural Pluralists: Interethnic Group Conflict and Separatism --$tChapter 10. A New Way of Looking at America --$tChapter 11. Back to Superior --$tNotes --$tIndex 330 $aThe impetus behind California's Proposition 187 clearly reflects the growing anti-immigrant sentiment in this country. Many Americans regard today's new immigrants as not truly American, as somehow less committed to the ideals on which the country was founded. In clear, precise terms, Bill Ong Hing considers immigration in the context of the global economy, a sluggish national economy, and the hard facts about downsizing. Importantly, he also confronts the emphatic claims of immigrant supporters that immigrants do assimilate, take jobs that native workers don't want, and contribute more to the tax coffers than they take out of the system. A major contribution of Hing's book is its emphasis on such often-overlooked issues as the competition between immigrants and African Americans, inter-group tension, and ethnic separatism, issues constantly brushed aside both by immigrant rights groups and the anti-immigrant right. Drawing on Hing's work as a lawyer deeply involved in the day-to-day life of his immigrant clients, To Be An American is a unique blend of substantive analysis, policy, and personal experience. 410 0$aCritical America. 606 $aAcculturation$zUnited States 606 $aImmigrants$zUnited States 606 $aCultural pluralism$zUnited States 607 $aUnited States$xEthnic relations 615 0$aAcculturation 615 0$aImmigrants 615 0$aCultural pluralism 676 $a305.800973 686 $aMS 1235$2rvk 700 $aHing$b Bill Ong$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$01179389 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996588058703316 996 $aTo Be An American$92866875 997 $aUNISA