Marketing the American creed abroad : diasporas in the U.S. and their homelands / Yossi Shain.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shain, Yossi, 1956-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Minorities--Political activity--United States.

Minorities.

Minorities--Political activity.

International relations.

Social aspects.

Political participation.

Ethnicity--Political aspects.

United States.

Immigrants--Political activity--United States.

Immigrants.

Immigrants--Political activity.

Ethnicity--Political aspects--United States.

Ethnicity.

Nationalism--United States.

Nationalism.

Cultural pluralism--United States.

Cultural pluralism.

United States--Foreign relations--1989---Citizen participation.

United States--Foreign relations--1989---Social aspects.

United States--Ethnic relations.

Ethnic relations.

United States--Race relations.

Race relations.

Physical Description:

xvii, 294 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999.

Summary:

This book examines the interaction of domestic and foreign issues in the lives of ethnic Americans. Arguing that the damaging impact of ethnic influences on U.S. foreign affairs has been overstated and misrepresented, Shain brings a new dimension to the public debate on multiculturalism by exploring its transnational aspects. Ethnic groups, despite residual attachments to their homelands, do not betray American political values and ideals, but, on the contrary, their involvement in homeland related affairs has been instrumental in their dissemination inside and outside the U.S.. Shain evaluates ethnic groups in the U.S. from a broad theoretical and comparative perspective, and his case studies include, among others, Arab-Americans, Mexican-Americans, African-Americans.

Contents:

1 U.S. Diasporas and Homelands in the Era of Transnationalism 1

2 U.S. Ethnic Diasporas in the Struggle for Democracy and Self-Determination 51

3 Arab-American Identity and New Transnational Challenges 92

4 Transnational Influences on Ethnoracial Relations in the United States: The Case of Black-Jewish Disputes 132

5 "Go, but Do Not Forget Me": Mexico, the Mexican Diaspora, and U.S.-Mexican Relations 165

Conclusion: Diasporas and the American National Interest 196.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-277) and index.

ISBN:

0521642256

OCLC:

39614991