| Description |
1 online resource (258 pages). |
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| Series |
Critical America Series
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Critical America.
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| Contents |
Introduction -- 1. A superior multicultural experience -- 2. A nation of immigrants, a history of nativism -- 3. Mi Cliente y Amigo Rodolfo Martinez Padilla -- 4. Searching for the truth about immigrants and jobs -- 5. How much do immigrants cost? the methodology wars -- 6. Contextualizing immigration -- 7 .Low-wage immigrants and African Americans -- 8. Beyond the economic debate: the cultural complaint -- 9. The challenge to cultural pluralists: interethnic group conflict and separatism -- 10. A new way of looking at America -- 11. Back to superior. |
| Summary |
The impetus behind California's Proposition 187 clearly reflects the growing anti-immigrant sentiment in this country. Many Americans regard today's new immigrants as not truly American, as somehow less committed to the ideals on which the country was founded. In clear, precise terms, Bill Ong Hing considers immigration in the context of the global economy, a sluggish national economy, and the hard facts about downsizing. Importantly, he also confronts the emphatic claims of immigrant supporters that immigrants do assimilate, take jobs that native workers don't want, and contribute more to the. |
| Local Note |
JSTOR Books at JSTOR Open Access |
| Subject |
Cultural pluralism -- United States.
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Cultural pluralism. |
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United States. |
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Immigrants -- United States.
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Immigrants. |
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Acculturation -- United States.
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Acculturation. |
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United States -- Ethnic relations.
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Ethnic relations. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Hing, Bill Ong. To Be An American : Cultural Pluralism and the Rhetoric of Assimilation. New York : NYU Press, ©1997 9780814735237 |
| ISBN |
9780814744840 (electronic book) |
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0814744842 (electronic book) |
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