Coping with Cultural and Racial Diversity in Urban America

The authors state at the beginning of this provocative new book that one of the most distinctive features of the American persona is a preoccupation and underlying concern in the United States with what is or is not `American.' How far can an ethnic group in the United States go to maintain its identity before it trespasses into what is perceived as un-American terrain? This is the underlying theme of Lambert and Taylor's community based investigation which studies the attitudes of Americans toward ethnic diversity and intergroup relations. Directed toward social psychologists, sociologists, anthropologists, and ethnic scholars, this study deals with the peculiar U.S. dichotomy of cultural diversity and assimilation.

The research is conducted in a metropolitan area among working class adults; some are established mainstream citizens, others are newcomers, but all experience ethnic and racial diversity as a daily fact of life. The authors examine the perspectives of mainstream White Americans and Black Americans. They interview ethnic immigrant groups--Polish, Arab, Albanian, Mexican, and Puerto Rican Americans--in two urban settings and offer insight to the reality as well as the exciting possibilities of multiculturalism. Students and scholars of all the social sciences will find Coping with Cultural and Racial Diversity in Urban America as a source of stimulating ideas.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

The American Challenge: Assimilation or Multiculturalism
Methodological Approach
Ethnic Immigrant Groups in Hamtramck: Polish, Arab, and Albanian Arab Americans
Ethnic Immigrant Groups in Pontiac: Mexican and Puerto Rican Americans
The Perspectives of Mainstream White Americans
The Perspectives of Black Americans
Two Faces of Multiculturalism: Sobering Reflections and Exciting Possibilities
Bibliography
Index

Über den Autor / die Autorin

DONALD M. TAYLOR is Professor of Psychology at McGill University. His previous publications include Coping with Cultural and Racial Diversity (Praeger, 1990) and Theories of Intergroup Relations, second edition (Praeger, 1994).

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Wallace Lambert, Wallace E. Lambert, Donald M. Taylor, Taylor Donald M.
• Verlag: Bloomsbury
• Sprache: Englisch
• Altersempfehlung: 7 bis 17 Jahre
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 08.02.1990
• EAN: 9780275931742
• ISBN: 978-0-275-93174-2
• Themen: Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Soziologie > Soziologische Theorien; USA, Cultural Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies, Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban, Social issues & processes, United States of America, USA, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies, Social and ethical issues, Urban communities, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Biracial & Multiracial Studies, Race and Ethnicity