Speaking of Diversity Language and Ethnicity in Twentieth-Century America / Philip Gleason.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gleason, Philip, 1927- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religion.

Minorities.

Ethnicity.

Ethnic relations.

Catholics.

Catholiques--États-Unis.

Catholiques.

Minorites--États-Unis.

Minorites.

Ethnicite--États-Unis.

Ethnicite.

Race relations.

Prejudices.

Ethnic groups.

Cultural pluralism.

Catholics--United States.

Minorities--United States.

Ethnicity--United States.

United States.

United States--Relations interethniques.

United States--Religion.

United States--Ethnic relations.

Genre:

Essays.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 online resource (xiii, 314 pages))

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Johns Hopkins University Press

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"In recent years U.S. social history has taken dramatic strides in studies of race, gender, and ethnicity. Among historians of American ethnic groups, Philip Gleason has played a leading role in that development. His essays analyzing the terms of public and scholarly discourse -- mapping the changing conceptions of American identity during the past half century -- make a distinctive contribution to intellectual history." "Speaking of Diversity collects eleven of Gleason's seminal essays, each of them examining twentieth-century American thought on ethnic and religious diversity. Part 1 focuses specifically on linguistic and conceptual analysis, treating terms such as melting-pot, pluralism, identity, and minority. Part 2 explores the impact of World War II on American thinking about diversity, tolerance, and intergroup relations. Part 3 consists of essays on religion, all closely tied to themes in earlier essays. Together, they form a model of methodological and thematic unity. The essays also clear the ground as Americans continue their efforts to realize the stated goals of tolerance, diversity, and order."--Jacket.

Contents:

Introduction

part 1 Coming to Terms with Ethnicity

1 The Melting Pot: Symbol of Fusion or Confusion? (starting pages 3)

2 Confusion Compounded: A Melting Pot Update (starting pages 32)

3 The Odd Couple: Pluralism and Assimilation (starting pages 47)

4 Minorities (Almost) All (starting pages 91)

5 Identifying Identity: A Semantic History (starting pages 123)

part 2 World War II and American Identity

6 Americans All (starting pages 153)

7 The Study of American Culture (starting pages 188)

8 Pluralism, Democracy, and Catholicism: Religious Tensions (starting pages 207)

part 3 Religion and American Diversity

9 Hansen, Herberg, and American Religion (starting pages 231)

10 Immigration, Religion, and Civil Religion (starting pages 250)

11 "Americanism" in American Catholic Discourse (starting pages 272)

Index (starting pages 301)

Notes:

Originally published in 1992

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

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ISBN:

0-8018-4295-6

1-4214-3479-2

OCLC:

1122708429