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Unkind words : ethnic labeling from Redskin to WASP / Irving Lewis Allen.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Allen, Irving L., 1931-2002.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English language--Social aspects--United States.
- English language.
- English language--Social aspects.
- Ethnic groups--Slang.
- Ethnic groups.
- Slang.
- United States.
- English language--United States--Slang.
- United States--Ethnic relations.
- Ethnic relations.
- Stereotypes (Social psychology).
- Americanisms.
- Epithets.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 143 pages ; 21 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Bergin & Garvey : Distributed to the trade by National Book Network, 1990.
- Summary:
- "Did you know, for example that WASP originally stood for White Appalachian Southern Protestant? . . . Eminently readable fare for language buffs and sociologists." Booklist
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [123]-129) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 0897892208
- 0897892178
- OCLC:
- 21152778
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