Immigrant America
European Ethnicity in the U.S.
1st Edition
Published on 18. December 2017
Book
Hardback
280 pages
978-1-138-46808-5 (ISBN)
Description
This new volume of original essays focuses on the presence of European ethnic culture in American society since 1830. Among the topics explored in Immigrant America are the alienation and assimilation of immigrants; the immigrant home and family as a haven of ethnicity; religion, education and employment as agents of acculturation; and the contours of ethnic community in American society.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
544 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-138-46808-5 (9781138468085)
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Timothy Walch
Content
Part 1 A Clash of Cultures; Chapter 1 Beyond ?EUR?America for Americans?EUR?, Dale T. Knobel; Chapter 2 Becoming American, David L. Salvaterra; Chapter 3 Us and Them, Betty Ann Burch; Part 2 Haven in a Strange New Land; Chapter 4 Home Is Where the Heart Is, Gordon W. Kirk, Jr., Carolyn Tyirin Kirk; Chapter 5 Parents and Children, Mary Elizabeth Brown; Chapter 6 Mothers and Daughters, Mary Jane Capozzoli Ingui; Part 3 Agents of Acculturation; Chapter 7 The Religious Factor in Immigration, Robert P. Swierenga; Chapter 8 The Ethnic Dimension in American Catholic Parochial Education, Timothy Walch; Chapter 9 The World of Work, Edward A. Zivich; Part 4 The Contours of Ethnic Community; Chapter 10 The Changing Face of Ethnic Politics, Edward R. Kantowicz; Chapter 11 The Ethnic Frontier, La Vern J. Rippley; Chapter 12 Ethnic Elites and Their Organizations, Margaret LoPiccolo Sullivan Guide to Further Reading; Contributors Index;