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The Ethnic Dimension in American History is a thorough survey of the role that ethnicity has played in shaping the history of the United States.

Considering ethnicity in terms of race, language, religion and national origin, this important text examines its effects on social relations, public policy and economic development.

  • A thorough survey of the role that ethnicity has played in shaping the history of the United States, including the effects of ethnicity on social relations, public policy and economic development
  • Includes histories of a wide range of ethnic groups including African Americans, Native Americans, Jews, Chinese, Europeans, Japanese, Muslims, Koreans, and Latinos
  • Examines the interaction of ethnic groups with one another and the dynamic processes of acculturation, modernization, and assimilation; as well as the history of immigration
  • Revised and updated material in the fourth edition reflects current thinki

    Table of Contents

    Introduction 1

    Part I Worlds Collide: Indian People, Africans, and Europeans in Colonial America 7

    1 The First Americans 17

    2 The European Migrations 29

    3 Ethnicity and Manifest Destiny 58

    4 African Americans in the Early Years 92

    Conclusion: Ethnic America in 1890 113

    Part II Ethnic America in Transition, 1890–1945 121

    5 The Age of the New Immigrants 128

    6 American Jews 151

    7 Asian America, 1882–1945 165

    8 The Nativist Reaction 179

    9 Native Americans: The Assault on Tribalism 191

    10 Jim Crow and Ghettos: African Americans 205

    11 Mexican Americans 218

    Conclusion: Ethnic America in 1945 230

    Part III Change and Continuity in Ethnic America, 1945 to the Present 241

    12 The African Americans 246

    13 The Latino Mosaic 263

    14 Asian Americans in the Modern World 282

    15 The Newest Arrivals 298

    16 Native Americans in the Modern World 314

    17 White Ethnics in Modern America 329

    Conclusion: Ethnic America in 2010 345

    Selected Readings 357

    Index 364

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      Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
      Publication Date: 19/03/2010
      ISBN13: 9781405182515, 978-1405182515
      ISBN10: 1405182512
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      The Ethnic Dimension in American History is a thorough survey of the role that ethnicity has played in shaping the history of the United States.

      Considering ethnicity in terms of race, language, religion and national origin, this important text examines its effects on social relations, public policy and economic development.

      • A thorough survey of the role that ethnicity has played in shaping the history of the United States, including the effects of ethnicity on social relations, public policy and economic development
      • Includes histories of a wide range of ethnic groups including African Americans, Native Americans, Jews, Chinese, Europeans, Japanese, Muslims, Koreans, and Latinos
      • Examines the interaction of ethnic groups with one another and the dynamic processes of acculturation, modernization, and assimilation; as well as the history of immigration
      • Revised and updated material in the fourth edition reflects current thinki

        Table of Contents

        Introduction 1

        Part I Worlds Collide: Indian People, Africans, and Europeans in Colonial America 7

        1 The First Americans 17

        2 The European Migrations 29

        3 Ethnicity and Manifest Destiny 58

        4 African Americans in the Early Years 92

        Conclusion: Ethnic America in 1890 113

        Part II Ethnic America in Transition, 1890–1945 121

        5 The Age of the New Immigrants 128

        6 American Jews 151

        7 Asian America, 1882–1945 165

        8 The Nativist Reaction 179

        9 Native Americans: The Assault on Tribalism 191

        10 Jim Crow and Ghettos: African Americans 205

        11 Mexican Americans 218

        Conclusion: Ethnic America in 1945 230

        Part III Change and Continuity in Ethnic America, 1945 to the Present 241

        12 The African Americans 246

        13 The Latino Mosaic 263

        14 Asian Americans in the Modern World 282

        15 The Newest Arrivals 298

        16 Native Americans in the Modern World 314

        17 White Ethnics in Modern America 329

        Conclusion: Ethnic America in 2010 345

        Selected Readings 357

        Index 364

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