Description |
1 online resource (xi, 260 pages) |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
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text file |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-252) and indexes. |
Contents |
The origins and nature of ethnic identity -- The making of American ethnic diversity -- Ethnic adaptation -- Ethnicity and the American creed -- Ethnic incorporation -- Ethnic collective action -- Confronting challenges to ethnic allegiance. |
Summary |
This book offers a thematic introduction to American ethnic history which provides an overview of key historiographical debates. It provides a new framework for examining and comprehending the varied historical experiences of ethnic groups in the United States. Thematically organized and comparative in outlook, it explores how historians have grappled with questions that bear upon a key aspect of the American experience: ethnicity. How did the United States come to have such an ethnically diverse population? What contribution, if any, has this ethnic diversity made to the shaping of American culture and institutions? How easily and at what levels have ethnic and racial minorities been incorporated, if at all, into the social and economic structures of the United States? Has incorporation been a uniform process or has it varied from group to group? This is both an authoritative introduction to the field of American ethnic history and a valuable reference tool for secondary scholoars. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Ethnic groups -- United States -- History.
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Ethnic groups. |
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United States. |
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History. |
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Ethnicity -- United States -- History.
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Ethnicity. |
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United States -- Ethnic relations -- History.
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Ethnic relations. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Other Form: |
Print version: McDonald, Jason (Jason J.). American ethnic history. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, ©2007 0748616330 0748616349 (OCoLC)78989202 |
ISBN |
9780748628636 (electronic book) |
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0748628630 (electronic book) |
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1280866500 |
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9781280866500 |
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9780748616343 (paperback) |
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0748616349 (paperback) |
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9780748616336 (hardback) |
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0748616330 (hardback) |
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