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The American kaleidoscope : race, ethnicity, and the civic culture / Lawrence H. Fuchs.

Von: Fuchs, Lawrence HMaterialtyp: TextTextSprache: Englisch Reihen: ACLS Humanities E-BookVerlag: Hanover, NH : Wesleyan University Press, [1990]Copyright-Datum: ©1990Beschreibung: 1 online resource (xviii, 618 pages)Inhaltstyp: Text Medientyp: Computermedien Datenträgertyp: Online ResourceISBN: 9780819572448Schlagwörter: United States -- Ethnic relations | United States -- Race relationsGenre/Form: Online-Ressourcen: Volltext
Inhalte:
"True Americanism": the foundations of the civic culture -- "Reinforcements to Republicanism": Irish Catholic response to the civic culture -- More Slovenian and more American: how the hyphen unites -- "Go back to the country from whence you came": predatory pluralism and the Native American response -- "This fourth of July is yours": African-Americans and caste pluralism -- "I go sad and heavy hearted": sojourner pluralism for Asians and Mexicans -- "The road of hope": Asians and Mexicans find cracks in the system -- "Do you understand your own language?": Black Americans' attack on caste -- "They never did really see me": the assertion of Black ethnic identity -- "We want full participation": African-Americans and coalition politics -- "We have to be part of the political system": redefining tribal pluralism -- "America is in the heart": Asian sojourners no longer -- "Can't they see? I love this country ... ": Mexican-Americans and the battle against sojourner pluralism -- Blood of all nations: the sources of ethnicity become global -- "From the mountains, to the prairies, to the oceans ... ": the spread of ethnic diversity -- Tacos and kimchee: the quickening pace of ethnic interaction -- Kashaya and the Nyingma: identities and boundaries -- "The wish of the founding fathers": third world immigrants embrace the civic culture -- "All these ... are the life blood of America": celebrating diversity -- Xenophobia, racism, and bigotry: conflict in the kaleidoscope -- "Equal and exact justice": the civil rights compact -- "To get beyond racism": integrating education and housing -- "To get beyond racism": political access and economic opportunity -- Respecting diversity, promoting unity: the language issue -- Questions of membership: who are the outsiders?
Zusammenfassung: Examines the historical patterns of ethnicity and the ways in which a national political culture has evolved to accommodate ethnic diversity. Compares the experiences of immigrant ethnic groups, African- Americans, and native Americans to each other and in relation to the national culture.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 495-596) and index.

"True Americanism": the foundations of the civic culture -- "Reinforcements to Republicanism": Irish Catholic response to the civic culture -- More Slovenian and more American: how the hyphen unites -- "Go back to the country from whence you came": predatory pluralism and the Native American response -- "This fourth of July is yours": African-Americans and caste pluralism -- "I go sad and heavy hearted": sojourner pluralism for Asians and Mexicans -- "The road of hope": Asians and Mexicans find cracks in the system -- "Do you understand your own language?": Black Americans' attack on caste -- "They never did really see me": the assertion of Black ethnic identity -- "We want full participation": African-Americans and coalition politics -- "We have to be part of the political system": redefining tribal pluralism -- "America is in the heart": Asian sojourners no longer -- "Can't they see? I love this country ... ": Mexican-Americans and the battle against sojourner pluralism -- Blood of all nations: the sources of ethnicity become global -- "From the mountains, to the prairies, to the oceans ... ": the spread of ethnic diversity -- Tacos and kimchee: the quickening pace of ethnic interaction -- Kashaya and the Nyingma: identities and boundaries -- "The wish of the founding fathers": third world immigrants embrace the civic culture -- "All these ... are the life blood of America": celebrating diversity -- Xenophobia, racism, and bigotry: conflict in the kaleidoscope -- "Equal and exact justice": the civil rights compact -- "To get beyond racism": integrating education and housing -- "To get beyond racism": political access and economic opportunity -- Respecting diversity, promoting unity: the language issue -- Questions of membership: who are the outsiders?

Examines the historical patterns of ethnicity and the ways in which a national political culture has evolved to accommodate ethnic diversity. Compares the experiences of immigrant ethnic groups, African- Americans, and native Americans to each other and in relation to the national culture.

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