Debating diversity Clashing perspectives on race and ethnicity in America

In the nineteenth century Herman Melville wrote, "America was settled by peoples of all nations....You cannot spill a drop of American blood without spilling the blood of the whole world. We are not a narrow tribe." At the beginning of the twenty-first century, America is more ethnically d...

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Autor principal: Takaki, Ronald
Outros Autores: Ronald Takaki
Idioma:Undetermined
English
Publicado em: New York Oxford University Press 2002
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Resumo:In the nineteenth century Herman Melville wrote, "America was settled by peoples of all nations....You cannot spill a drop of American blood without spilling the blood of the whole world. We are not a narrow tribe." At the beginning of the twenty-first century, America is more ethnically diverse than ever before. Will we fear this expanding diversity as the disuniting of America, or will we embrace a more inclusive re-definition of our national identity
Descrição Física:iv, 268 p.
24 cm
ISBN:0195146514
9780195146516