American immigrant cultures : builders of a nation / David Levinson and Melvin Ember, editors in chief.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Levinson, David, 1947-

Ember, Melvin

Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Minorities--United States.

Minorities.

United States.

Ethnicity--United States.

Ethnicity.

Immigrants--United States.

Immigrants.

United States--Ethnic relations.

Ethnic relations.

Physical Description:

2 volumes : illustrations ; 29 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Simon & Schuster Macmillan, 1997.

Summary:

American Immigrant Cultures: Builders of a Nation is a two-volume reference work covering nonindigenous cultural groups currently living in the United States. It is an indispensable resource on 164 immigrant cultures that thoroughly addresses important issues and questions concerning the history of American immigration.

American Immigrant Cultures discusses the unique cultural attributes of each immigrant group. Variation within the group and patterns across the group are also addressed in each article. The articles examine those cultural facets unique to different populations -- including music, food, language, and dress -- methods of assimilation into the mainstream American population, relations with other groups, pan-ethnic ties, internal variations, and transnational ties. The entries depict the degree and types of discrimination experienced by each group in the past and present. Detailed appendices also provide demographic statistics and information on holidays and religious observances. Photographs throughout bring to life the many diverse cultures.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

0028972139

0028972082

0028972147

OCLC:

187449122