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1 online resource (1 online resource xiii, 314 pages) |
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text file |
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Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Note |
Originally published in 1992 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- part 1 Coming to Terms with Ethnicity -- 1 Melting Pot: Symbol of Fusion or Confusion? (starting pages 3) -- 2 Confusion Compounded: A Melting Pot Update (starting pages 32) -- 3 Odd Couple: Pluralism and Assimilation (starting pages 47) -- 4 Minorities (Almost) All (starting pages 91) -- 5 Identifying Identity: A Semantic History (starting pages 123) -- part 2 World War II and American Identity -- 6 Americans All (starting pages 153) -- 7 Study of American Culture (starting pages 188) -- 8 Pluralism, Democracy, and Catholicism: Religious Tensions (starting pages 207) -- part 3 Religion and American Diversity -- 9 Hansen, Herberg, and American Religion (starting pages 231) -- 10 Immigration, Religion, and Civil Religion (starting pages 250) -- 11 "Americanism" in American Catholic Discourse (starting pages 272) -- Index (starting pages 301) |
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Open Access Unrestricted online access |
| Summary |
"In recent years U.S. social history has taken dramatic strides in studies of race, gender, and ethnicity. Among historians of American ethnic groups, Philip Gleason has played a leading role in that development. His essays analyzing the terms of public and scholarly discourse--mapping the changing conceptions of American identity during the past half century--make a distinctive contribution to intellectual history." "Speaking of Diversity collects eleven of Gleason's seminal essays, each of them examining twentieth-century American thought on ethnic and religious diversity. Part 1 focuses specifically on linguistic and conceptual analysis, treating terms such as melting-pot, pluralism, identity, and minority. Part 2 explores the impact of World War II on American thinking about diversity, tolerance, and intergroup relations. Part 3 consists of essays on religion, all closely tied to themes in earlier essays. Together, they form a model of methodological and thematic unity. The essays also clear the ground as Americans continue their efforts to realize the stated goals of tolerance, diversity, and order."--Jacket. |
| Local Note |
Project Muse Project Muse Open Access |
| Subject |
Religion. |
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Minorities. |
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Ethnicity. |
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Ethnic relations. |
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Catholics. |
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Catholiques -- United States.
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Minorities -- United States.
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United States. |
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Ethnicite -- United States.
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Race relations.
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Race relations. |
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Prejudices.
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Prejudices. |
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Religion.
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Minorities.
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Ethnic groups.
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Ethnic groups. |
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Cultural pluralism.
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Cultural pluralism. |
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Catholics -- United States.
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Minorities -- United States.
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Ethnicity -- United States.
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United States -- Relations interethniques.
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United States -- Religion.
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United States.
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United States -- Ethnic relations.
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| Indexed Term |
United States |
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Ethnic groups |
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Electronic books.
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Essays.
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Essays.
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Electronic books. .
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| Added Author |
Project Muse, distributor.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Gleason, Philip. Speaking of diversity. Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1992 (OCoLC)555587038 |
| ISBN |
9781421434810 |
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0801842956 |
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9780801842955 |
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9781421434803 |
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