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Informationen zum Autor LORMAN A. RATNER is Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Tennessee and Adjunct Professor of History at the University of Illinois, Urbana. Klappentext 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 groups are included: Arabs, Haitians, Vietnamese, Koreans, Filipinos, Asian Indians, and Dominicans. New essays on the Irish, Chinese, and Mexicans are provided as are revised and updated essays on the remaining groups from the first edition.The contribution to American culture by people of these diverse origins reflects differences in class, occupation, and religion. The authors explain the tensions and conflicts between American culture and the traditions of newly arrived immigrants. Changes over time that both of the cultures brought to America and of the culture that received them is also discussed. Essays on representative ethnic groups include African-Americans, American Indians, Arabs, Asian Indians, Chinese, Dominicans, Filipinos, Germans, Haitians, Irish, Italians, Jews, Koreans, Mexicans, Poles, Scandinavians, and the Vietnamese.Discusses how American culture has been shaped by and has affected immigrants from Europe, Asia, pre-Columbian America, Latin America, and the Middle East. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction by John D. Buenker and Lorman A. Ratner African Americans by Cynthia Greggs Fleming American Indians by Vine Deloria, Jr. Arab-Americans by Gregory Orgalea Asian American Indians by Karen Leonard Chinese Americans by George Anthony Peffer Dominican-Americans by Silvio Torres-Saillant Filipino-Americans by Augusto Espiritu German-Americans by James M. Bergquist Haitian-Americans by Marc Prou Irish Americans by Lawrence J. McCaffrey Italian-Americans by Dominic Candeloro Jewish-Americans by Edward Shapiro Korean-Americans by Kyeyoung Park Mexican-Americans by Matt S. Meir Polish-Americans by Edward R. Kantowicz Scandinavian Americans by John Robert Christianson Vietnamese-Anericans by Hien Due Do Bibliographic Essay by John D. Buenker, Joseph Buenker, and Lorman A. Ratner ...
