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Multiculturalism in the United States
A Comparative Guide to Acculturation and Ethnicity Revised and Expanded Edition
 John D. Buenker, ed., Lorman A. Ratner, ed.

0-313-32404-2/978-0-313-32404-8

Description
Discusses how American culture has been shaped by and has affected immigrants from Europe, Asia, pre-Columbian America, Latin America, and the Middle East.

Reviews:
-The bibliographical essays that accompany all the chapters, whether they adhere to ethnographic, historical or cultural studies approaches, help ensure that editorial aims about understanding the diversity and similarities between various ethnic groups are fulfilled. This second edition of Multiculturalism provides scholars in ethnic studies and related fields with an excellent point of departure for further study. Overall, it is a valuable reference guide to multicultural America. —Journal of American Studies
-[C]omprehensive in scope and contemporary in scholarship. —Catholic Library World
-This new edition is an excellent reference tool for high school and undergraduate students. A collection of engaging essays shows how changes in American society (such as wars, the rise in nativism, or the expansion of certain industries) affect immigration patterns, and how the immigrants have in turn influences the broader culture....[i]n-depth introduction. —Multicultural Review
-Twenty American academics, historians, and librarians contribute 18 chapters to a comparative reference text covering 17 of the major ethnic groups from Europe, Africa, Asia, and Latin American that have populated the U.S. over the past two centuries. The new edition has been revised throughout, and substantially expanded to include essays on seven groups not covered in the first edition: Arabs, Asian Indians, Dominicans, Filipinos, Haitians, Koreans, and Vietnamese....Academic but accessible to the general reader. —Reference & Research Book News
About the Author
John D. Buenker is Professor Emeritus of History at University of Wisconsin and the author of other Greenwood books, including the first edition of this title.

Lorman A. Ratner is Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Tennessee and Adjunct Professor of History at University of Illinois, Urbana. He is also the author of several Greenwood books, including the first edition of this title.
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