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Identity, community, and pluralism in American life

Title
Identity, community, and pluralism in American life / edited by William C. Fischer [and others].
Publication
New York : Oxford University Press, 1997.

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Additional Authors
Fischer, William C., 1934-
Description
xv, 316 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Subject
  • Cultural pluralism > United States
  • Ethnicity > United States
  • Civilization
  • Cultural pluralism
  • Ethnic relations
  • Ethnicity
  • Race relations
  • Einwanderung
  • Ethnische Identität
  • Gruppenidentität
  • Nationalbewusstsein
  • Pluralismus
  • Ethnizität
  • Cultural pluralism > United States > History > Sources
  • United States > Civilization
  • United States > Race relations
  • United States > Ethnic relations
  • United States
  • USA
  • USA
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
1. Metaphorizing American Culture -- 2. Presence of the Past -- 3. On Being Different and "Undifferent" in the United States -- 4. Representations of Prejudice and Ethnocentricity -- 5. Communities in an Expanding Nation -- The Nineteenth Century -- 6. Continuity and Change: Communities in the Twentieth Century -- 7. Opening and Closing the Door: The Debate over Immigration -- 8. State, Citizenship, and Naturalization -- 9. Question of a National Language -- 10. Church, State, and Society -- 11. Individual Rights or Group Rights? The Question of Affirmative Action.
ISBN
  • 0195094700
  • 9780195094701
  • 0195094719
  • 9780195094718
LCCN
96008119
OCLC
  • ocm34557955
  • 34557955
  • SCSB-2111218
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library