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):

Immigrants--Political activity--United States.

Immigrants.

Ethnicity--Political aspects--United States.

Ethnicity.

Nationalism--United States.

Nationalism.

Cultural pluralism--United States.

Cultural pluralism.

Minorities--Political activity--United States.

Minorities.

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

United States.

United States--Ethnic relations.

United States--Race relations.

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

Local Subjects:

United States--Race relations.

United States--Ethnic relations.

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

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

Physical Description:

xvii, 294 p. ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999.

Contents:

U.S. diasporas and homelands in the era of transnationalism

U.S. ethnic diasporas in the struggle for democracy and self-determination

Arab-American identity and new transnational challenges

Transnational influences on ethnoracial relations in the United States: the case of Black-Jewish disputes

"Go, but do not forget me": Mexico, the Mexican diaspora, and U.S.-Mexican relations

Conclusion: Diasporas and the American national interest.

Notes:

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

Local Notes:

The Balch Institute Library and Archives

ISBN:

052164531X (pbk.)

0521642256 (hardback)

OCLC:

39614991