American Mosaic : Selected Readings on America's Multicultural Heritage

by Song, Young I.; Kim, Eugene C.

• ISBN13: 9780130319722
• ISBN10: 0130319724
• Edition: Facsimile
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1992-12-23
• Publisher: Pearson

Summary

Examining the collective experiences of African-Americans, Hispanic Americans, Asian Americans, and Native Americans, this text explores ethnic minority issues from minority perspectives, through the writings of ethnic scholars.It features an interdisciplinary approach that examines the economic interests, political concerns, historical circumstances, and cultural behaviors that define the contemporary experiences of different ethnic minority groups in the U.S.For sociologists and all those interested in race/ethnic issues.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Introduction	xiii
Contributors	xvii
PART I: NATIVE AMERICANS	1	(54)
American Indian Mobilization: Tribal, Intertribal, and Supratribal Strategic Political Action	3	(11)
Joane Nagel
The Transculturation of Native American College Students	14	(12)
Terry Huffman
Federalism Grew out of Native Soil: The Iroquois League and the United States Constitution	26	(18)
Paul Zolbrod
Analysis of Self-Reported Strategies for Successful Adjustment to the Higher Education by Bicultural Native American Students	44	(11)
Phyllis Schiller
Lee Gaseoma
PART II: AFRICAN AMERICANS	55	(60)
``Black'' or ``African American'': What's in a Name?	57	(8)
Johnny Washington
An Assessment of Life Satisfaction among Rural Black Elderly: Implications for Practice	65	(13)
Vanessa Wilson-Ford
A Conceptual Model for Studying Black Female Single Parent Families	78	(10)
Ruby Lee Gooley
The African-American Education Experience: The Colonization Model Revisited	88	(13)
Otis Scott
Social Policy, Psychosocial Development, and Minorities	101	(14)
Eddie Davis
PART III: HISPANIC AMERICANS	115	(58)
Exploring the Regional Diversity of Chicanos	117	(13)
Rogelio Saenz
A Study Comparing the Differences in the Levels of Achievement of Tenth Grade Anglo and Hispanic Students in One and Two Parent Homes	130	(9)
Glen Kraig
La Chicanada: Conflicts in Enculturation, Socialization and Education	139	(8)
Sam Rios, Jr.
Are You an Emissary of Jesus Christ?: Justice, the Catholic Church, and the Chicano Movement	147	(17)
Alberto L. Pulido
Puerto Ricans: White or Non-White?	164	(9)
Robert A. Martinez
PART IV: ASIAN AMERICANS	173	(64)
The Myth of Asian American Success and Its Educational Ramifications	175	(11)
Ki-Tack Chun
Asian American Women's Experience in the Crossfire of Cultural Conflict	186	(18)
Young I. Song
Sansei Ethnic Identity and the Consequences of Perceived Unshared Suffering for Third Generation Japanese Americans	204	(11)
Eugene Kumekawa
Southeast Asian Refugee Resettlement in the United States: A Socioeconomic Analysis	215	(22)
Nguyen Van Hanh
PART V: INTERETHNIC	237	(52)
A Stacked Deck: Racial Minorities and the New American Political Economy	239	(12)
Noel J. Kent
The National English Only Movement, Past and Future	251	(14)
Luis A. Torres
Gong Lum v. Rice: The Convergence of Law, Race, and Ethnicity	265	(11)
Malik Simba
People of Mixed Race Descent: The Issue of Marginality	276	(13)
Terry P. Wilson
Index	289