Immigrant America de Timothy Walch

Immigrant America: European Ethnicity in the U.S.

Timothy Walch

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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Express

Paperback (1)

305^.83 lei 43-57 zile

Taylor & Francis – iun 1994

305^.83 lei 43-57 zile

Hardback (1)

680^.73 lei 43-57 zile

Taylor & Francis – 18 dec 2017

680^.73 lei 43-57 zile

Cuprins

A Clash of Cultures * Beyond 'America for Americanism:' Inside the Movement Culture of Antebellum Nativism, Dale T. Knobel * Becoming American: Assimilation, Pluralism, and Ethnic Identity, David L. Salvaterra * Us and Them: Reflections on Ethnic Literature, Betty Ann Burch * Haven in a Strange New Land * Home is Where the Heart Is: Immigrant Mobility and Home Ownership, Gordon W. Kirk, Jr. and Carolyn Tyirin Kirk * Parents and Children: Fundamental Questions About Immigrant Family Life, Mary Elizabeth Brown * Mothers and Daughters: Nassau County Italian American Women, Mary Jane Capozzoli Ingui * Agents of Acculturation * The Religious Factor in Immigration: The Dutch Experience, Robert P. Swierenga * The Ethnic Dimension of American Catholic Parochial Education, Timothy Walch * The World of Work: The Croatians of Whiting, Indiana, Edward A. Zivich * The Contours of Ethnic Community * The Changing Face of Ethnic Politics: From Political Machine to Community Organization, Edward R. Kantowicz * The Ethnic Frontier: Rural Germans and the Settlement of America, LaVern J. Rippley * Ethnic Elites and Their Organizations: The St. Louis Experience, 1900-1925, Margaret Lo Piccolo Sullivan * Guide to Further Readings * Index