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

"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 chan...

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Main Author:	Gleason, Philip, 1927- (Author)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2019
Subjects:	Catholics > United States. Minorities > United States. Ethnicity > United States. Minorities. Ethnic groups. Cultural pluralism. Prejudices. Religion. minorities. ethnic groups. religion (discipline) Prejudices Ethnic groups Cultural pluralism Religion Minorities Ethnicity Ethnic relations Catholics United States > Religion. United States > Ethnic relations. United States essays. Essays Essays. Essais.
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Table of 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)

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

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