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Ethnic America
Language: en
Pages: 372
Authors: Thomas Sowell
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008-08-01 - Publisher: Basic Books

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This classic work by the distinguished economist traces the history of nine American ethnic groups -- the Irish, Germans, Jews, Italians, Chinese, African-Ameri
Postethnic America
Language: en
Pages: 312
Authors: David A Hollinger
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2006-02-28 - Publisher: Basic Books

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Sympathetic with the new ethnic consciousness, Hollinger argues that the conventional liberal toleration of all established ethnic groups no longer works becaus
Roots Too
Language: en
Pages: 510
Authors: Matthew Frye Jacobson
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2006-02-17 - Publisher: Harvard University Press

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In the 1950s, America was seen as a vast melting pot in which white ethnic affiliations were on the wane and a common American identity was the norm. Yet by the
Ethnic Options
Language: en
Pages: 220
Authors: Mary C. Waters
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 1990-08-09 - Publisher: Univ of California Press

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"Mary Waters' admirable study of Americans' ethnic choices produces a rich social-scientific yield. Its theoretical interest derives from the American irony tha
A Passion for Polka
Language: en
Pages: 608
Authors: Victor Greene
Categories: Music
Type: BOOK - Published: 2023-12-22 - Publisher: Univ of California Press

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Not so long ago, songs by the Andrews Sisters and Lawrence Welk blasted from phonographs, lilted over the radio, and dazzled television viewers across the count