Diversity in America / Vincent N. Parrillo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Parrillo, Vincent N.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cultural pluralism--United States--History.

Cultural pluralism.

United States.

History.

United States--Race relations.

Race relations.

United States--Ethnic relations.

Ethnic relations.

Physical Description:

xxii, 208 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Pine Forge Press, [2005]

Summary:

Diversity in America, Second Edition squarely addresses the topic which perhaps generates more passion, invective, and raucous debate than all others in American society today. Is multiculturalism a threat to us? Do we have too much immigration? Are we no longer sufficiently "American"? Author, and internationally respected scholar, Vincent Parrillo answers these questions by using history and sociology to shed light on socially constructed myths about our past, misunderstandings from our present, and anxieties about our future that are so prevalent. Diversity in America illustrates how diversity and multiculturalism have always existed, from colonial times to the present. This Second Edition is fully updated and includes a new chapter, "Multiculturalism after September 11th." Diversity in America is an ideal supplementary text for undergraduate courses in race and ethnic relations, immigrant history, American Studies, or other courses on diversity.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1412915163

OCLC:

57124465