Our racial and national minorities; their history, contributions, and present problems, edited by Francis J. Brown ... and Joseph Slabey Roucek ...

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brown, Francis J. (Francis James), 1894-1959.

Contributor:

Rouček, Joseph S. (Joseph Slabey), 1902-1984, joint ed.

Series:

Prentice-Hall education series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Noncitizens--United States.

Noncitizens.

Citizenship--United States.

Citizenship.

Minorities--United States.

Minorities.

United States--Race relations.

United States.

United States--Emigration and immigration.

Emigration and immigration.

Race relations.

Immigrants--United States.

Physical Description:

xxi, 877 p. illus. (maps) diagrs. 21 cm.

8vo.

Place of Publication:

New York, Prentice-Hall, inc., 1937.

Contents:

Pt. 1. Introduction. The meaning of minorities / Francis J. Brown

Problems arising from minorities / Donald R. Taft

pt. 2. Our minority peoples. American Indian tribal groups / Clark Wissler

The American Negro / James Weldon Johnson

"Old" immigration : British Americans / the Editors

Irish Americans / A.J. Reilly

Norwegian Americans / B.J. Hovde

Swedish Americans / Roy V. Peel

Danish Americans / A.T. Dork

Dutch Americans / A.J. Barnouw

Belgian Americans / the Editors in cooperation with ... C.C. Roosens and ... C.A. Van der Meulen

French Americans / from documents by the French Information Center, New York

German Americans / A.B. Faust

Swiss Americans / Joseph S. Roucek and Albert Bartholdi

"New" immigration : Slavic States : Russian Americans ; Ukrainian Americans / Yaroslav J. Chyz and Joseph S. Roucek

Polish Americans ; Czechoslovak Americans ; Yugoslav Americans ; Bulgarian Americans / Joseph S. Roucek

"New" immigration : East European States : Latvian Americans ; Lithuanian Americans ; Estonian Americans / Joseph S. Roucek

Finnish Americans / John Wargelin

Austrian Americans / the Editors

Hungarian Americans / Joseph S. Roucek

Rumanian Americans / Christine Galitzi

"New" immigration : South European States : Albanian Americans / Joseph S. Roucek

Greek Americans / Michael Choukas

Italian Americans / Leonard Covello

Spanish Americans / the Editors, in cooperation with Eugenio Cabrero

Portuguese Americans / Urban Tigner Holmes, Jr.

Jewish Americans / Harry Schneiderman

Asiatic immigration : Syrian Americans / Habid I. Katibah

Turkish Americans / the Editors

Armenian Americans / Rouben Gavoor

Hindu Americans / Elmer L. Hedin

Chinese Americans / Albert W. Palmer

Japanese Americans / John A. Rademaker

The Americas and our territorials : Canadian Americans / the Editors

Latin Americans / Jovita Gonzalez de Mireles

Filipino Americans / Emory S. Bogardus

Hawaiian minority groups / Kum Pui Lai

Pt. 3. Race and cultural conflicts and education. Prejudice and minority groups / Everett Ross Clinchy

The Negro andd racial conflicts / James Weldon Johnson

Minority groups and their communities / Francis J. Brown

The immigrant press / Mark Villchur

The school and the immigrant / E. George Payne

Religion and minority peoples / Francis J. Brown and Gordon M. Ridenour

Immigration and government / Rufus D. Smith

The immigrant in politics / Wallace S. Sayre

Naturalization in the United States / Marion Schibsby

Language as a factor in social adjustment / Leonard H. Covello

Are our criminals foreigners? / Frederick M. Thrasher

The second generation / Clara A. Hardin and Herbert A. Miller

pt. 4. The trend toward cultural pluralism. The contribution of the Indian / Clark Wissler

The contribution of the Negro / James Weldon Johnson

The contribution of the immigrant / Francis J. Brown

Education and cultural pluralism / E. George Payne

National minorities in Central Europe : a comparison and contrast / Joseph Chmelar.

Notes:

"Selected bibliography": p. 781-847.

Local Notes:

The Balch Institute Library and Archives.

Other Format:

Online version: Brown, Francis J. (Francis James), 1894-1959. Our racial and national minorities.

OCLC:

420751