{"product_id":"speaking-of-diversity-9781421434797","title":"Speaking of Diversity","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOriginally published in 1992. In this collection of essays, Philip Gleason explores the different linguistic tools that American scholars have used to write about ethnicity in the United States and analyzes how various vocabularies have played out in the political sphere. In doing this, he reveals tensions between terms used by academic groups and those preferred by the people whom the academics discuss. Gleason unpacks words and phrasessuch as melting pot and pluralityused to visualize the multitude of ethnicities in the United States. And he examines debates over concepts such as assimilation, national character, oppressed group, and people of color. Gleason advocates for greater clarity of these concepts when discussed in America's national political arena. Gleason's essays are grouped into three parts. Part 1 focuses on linguistic analyses of specific terms. Part 2 examines the effect of World War II on national identity and American thought about diversity and intergroup relations\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis collection succeeds authoritatively in clearing the semantic ground on which one of the most tortured and divisive of American debates still rages.\u003cbr\u003e—Kate Fullbrook, \u003ci\u003eJournal of American Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA major interpretation of modern American nationalism that deserves a wide readership . . . Careful surveys of the contested histories of such critical terms in the American conversation about diversity as 'melting pot' (where his essays have already been widely cited in the field), 'pluralism,' 'assimilation,' 'minority,' 'identity,' and culture.'.\u003cbr\u003e—Terrence J. McDonald, \u003ci\u003eReviews in American History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: Coming to Terms with Ethnicity \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1. The Melting Pot: Symbol of Fusion or Confusion?\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2. Confusion Compounded: A Melting Pot Update\u003cbr\u003eChapter 3. The Odd Couple: Pluralism and Assimilation\u003cbr\u003eChapter 4. Minorities (Almost) All\u003cbr\u003eChapter 5. Identifying Identity: A Semantic History\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: World War II and American Identity\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e6. Americans All\u003cbr\u003eChapter 7. The Study of American Culture\u003cbr\u003eChapter 8. Pluralism, Democracy, and Catholicism: Religious Tensions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: Religion and American Diversity\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e9. Hansen, Herberg, and American Religion\u003cbr\u003eChapter 10. Immigration, Religion, and Civil Religion\u003cbr\u003eChapter 11. \"Americanism\" in American Catholic Discourse \u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408134775127,"sku":"9781421434797","price":35.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781421434797.jpg?v=1730501712","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/speaking-of-diversity-9781421434797","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}