Diversity in America

by Parrillo, Vincent

• ISBN13: 9781412915168
• ISBN10: 1412915163
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-03-23
• Publisher: Pine Forge Press

Summary

'œI think that the (book's overarching) themes are still relevant today.  They bring a fresh, alternative perspective to the understanding of race and ethnicity in America.  '¦anyone can pick up this book and learn from it.  It is like reading a good story rather than (reading) an educational text.' --Leigh A. Willis,   University of Georgia      Diversity in America, Second Edition squarely addresses the topic that perhaps generates more passion, invective, and raucous debate than all others in American society today. Do we have too much immigration? Are we no longer sufficiently "American"? The depth and complexity of race relations throughout the book helps to answer these questions. Vincent N. Parrillo uses history and sociology to shed light on socially constructed myths about our past, misunderstandings from our present, and anxieties about our future that are so prevalent.     Key Features: The only book to provide students with a thorough historical background on immigration and race relations issues and how they've shaped our society An examination of how diversity and multiculturalism have always been a part of U.S. society, not recent phenomena, and shouldn't be viewed as threats today Assimilation and pluralism have been ongoing, dual realities since the country's beginnings and will play an increasingly important role going forward More coverage of female, Asian, and Latino populations A new chapter -  " Multiculturalism After 9/11 "   Diversity in America, Second Edition is an ideal supplement for courses in race and ethnic relations, immigration history, American studies, or other courses on diversity.  

Table of Contents

About the Author	xiii
Preface	xv
1. Perception and Reality	1	(20)
What This Book Is All About	3	(1)
Seeing Is Believing, But Is It Knowing?	4	(1)
The Cultural Homogeneity Myth	5	(1)
The Rise, Fall, and Rise of Pluralism	6	(2)
Early Advocates	6	(1)
Assimilationists Prevail	7	(1)
The Reassertion of Pluralism	7	(1)
The Multiculturalist Challenge	8	(1)
The Melting Pot	8	(4)
Overstating Ethnic Intermarriages	9	(1)
No Racial Minorities	9	(1)
Emerson's Vision	10	(1)
Turner's Frontier	10	(1)
Zangwill's White Fusion	11	(1)
Recent Studies on Intermarriage	12	(1)
The Dillingham Flaw	12	(4)
The Dillingham Commission	12	(2)
The Concept of the Dillingham Flaw	14	(1)
The Dillingham Flaw Chain Reaction	15	(1)
Believing Is Seeing	16	(1)
The Boundary Flaw	16	(1)
Understanding Today by Knowing About Yesterday	17	(4)
2. Diversity in Aboriginal America	21	(18)
Diversity in Language	22	(2)
The Interdependence of Language and Culture	23	(1)
Language and Social Reality	24	(1)
Diversity in Gender Roles	24	(2)
Division of Labor	24	(1)
Status and Influence	25	(1)
Diversity in Clothing	26	(3)
Northwestern Native Americans	27	(1)
Southwestern Native Americans	27	(1)
Northern Plains Native Americans	27	(1)
Southeastern Native Americans	28	(1)
Northeastern Native Americans	28	(1)
Diversity in Housing	29	(3)
Large Communal Structures	29	(3)
Single-Family Dwellings	32	(1)
Diversity in Social Organization	32	(3)
Social Status Variations	33	(1)
Northwestern Slavery	33	(1)
Southeastern Caste Systems	34	(1)
Iroquois Consensus-Building	34	(1)
Diversity in Social Organization	35	(1)
Diversity in Values	35	(1)
The Next Horizon	36	(3)
3. Diversity in Colonial Times	39	(20)
Colonial Beginnings	43	(2)
A Patchwork Quilt of Ethnic Settlements	43	(1)
Diversity in the Early Settlements	44	(1)
Geographic Variances in Diversity	45	(6)
The New England Colonies	45	(1)
The Middle Colonies	45	(3)
The Southern Colonies	48	(1)
African Diversity on the Plantations	48	(2)
Three Regional Cultures	50	(1)
Religious Diversity	51	(3)
Religious Intolerance	52	(1)
The Great Awakening	53	(1)
The Legacy of Religious Pluralism	54	(1)
A Kaleidoscope Society	54	(2)
Minority Separatism	55	(1)
The Multicultural Revolutionary Army	55	(1)
The Next Horizon	56	(3)
4. Diversity in the Early National Period	59	(18)
Building a National Identity	61	(2)
Arts and Letters	61	(1)
Linguistic Independence	62	(1)
Religious Independence	62	(1)
Social Structure and Social Class	63	(1)
Religion, Power, and Group Consciousness	64	(2)
Religion and Politics	64	(1)
Parallel Religious Institutions	65	(1)
The Nation's First Census	66	(3)
The Other Side of the Coin	67	(1)
Eurocentric Use of Census Data	68	(1)
Expanding Territory and Diversity	69	(1)
The Drop in Immigration	70	(1)
The Significance of Natural Population Growth	71	(1)
Emergence of a Common Culture	71	(3)
Decline of Foreign Languages	72	(1)
Antiforeign Responses	73	(1)
The False Horizon	74	(3)
5. Diversity in the Age of Expansion	77	(18)
Travelers Discover the Ethnic Mosaic	78	(4)
Tocqueville's Dismay at Racial Suffering	78	(1)
Martineau's Defense of Immigrants	79	(1)
Olmsted's Reaction to Isolated Ethnic Communities	80	(1)
The French	80	(1)
America's "Flanders"	80	(1)
America's "Little Paris"	81	(1)
French Immigration	81	(1)
The Irish	82	(1)
America's First Ghetto People	82	(1)
Labor, Religion, and Politics	82	(1)
The Germans	83	(2)
The "German Athens"	84	(1)
German Diversity	84	(1)
Native Americans	85	(3)
Assimilation Efforts	85	(1)
"As Long as Grass Grows and Water Runs"	86	(1)
The End of Forever	87	(1)
The Africans	88	(2)
Southern Blacks	88	(1)
Northern Blacks	89	(1)
The Chinese	90	(1)
The Mexicans	91	(1)
Intergroup Conflicts	92	(1)
The Next Horizon	92	(3)
6. Diversity in the Industrial Age	95	(16)
Minority Family Economies	96	(1)
Population Diversity	97	(1)
African Americans	98	(2)
Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders	100	(1)
Hispanic Americans	101	(1)
Native Americans	102	(1)
Middle Eastern Americans	103	(1)
Northern and Western European Americans	104	(1)
Southern, Central, and Eastern European Americans	105	(2)
Intergroup Conflicts	107	(1)
The Next Horizon	108	(3)
7. Diversity in the Information Age	111	(18)
The Human Element	112	(2)
Unexpected Consequences	113	(1)
A Different America	113	(1)
Institutionalizing Minority Rights	114	(2)
The Europeans	116	(1)
Asians and Pacific Islanders	116	(3)
Black Americans	119	(2)
Hispanic Americans	121	(3)
North Africans and Middle Easterners	124	(1)
Native Americans	124	(1)
Religious Diversity	125	(1)
The Next Horizon	126	(3)
8. Intergenerational Comparisons	129	(18)
Why Are Voices Raised Against Immigration?	130	(3)
Religious, Racial, and Cultural Biases	130	(1)
Economic Competition	131	(1)
The "Tipping Point"	131	(1)
Today Isn't Yesterday, or Is It?	131	(2)
Immigration Rate	133	(2)
Immigration Rate Caveats	134	(1)
Foreign-Born Population	135	(2)
Race in America	137	(2)
Mainstream Americans	139	(5)
Mainstream American Caveats	141	(2)
The "Wall"	143	(1)
Perception and Reality	144	(1)
Today's Patterns in Perspective	144	(3)
9. Is Multiculturalism a Threat?	147	(20)
The Umbrellas of Multiculturalism	148	(4)
The Inclusionists	149	(1)
The Separatists	149	(1)
The Integrative Pluralists	150	(2)
Roses and Thorns	152	(1)
The "Thorns" of Multiculturalism	152	(6)
The "Immigrant Thorns"	153	(1)
The "Language Thorns"	154	(1)
The "Cultural Thorns"	155	(1)
The "Racial Thorns"	156	(2)
The Roses of Multiculturalism	158	(5)
The "Immigrant Roses"	158	(1)
The "Language Roses"	158	(3)
The "Cultural Roses"	161	(1)
The "Racial Roses"	162	(1)
Is Multiculturalism the Enemy?	163	(4)
10. Multiculturalism After 9/11	167	(10)
Government Response	168	(1)
Public Response	169	(2)
Measuring Social Distance After 9/11	171	(2)
Have Attitudes Changed About Immigration?	173	(1)
What About Tomorrow?	174	(3)
11. The Next Horizon	177	(18)
The Dawning of a New Century	178	(1)
World Population Growth	179	(1)
U.S. Population Predictions	180	(4)
The Alarm Bells Ring	182	(1)
Resetting the Alarm	182	(2)
The Dillingham Flaw in Reverse	184	(1)
Factors Influencing Change	185	(2)
Interethnic Marriages and Children of Mixed Ancestry	185	(1)
Interracial Marriages and Biracial Children	186	(1)
The Challenge of Racial Diversity	187	(1)
Increased Religious Diversity	188	(2)
The Mainstreaming of Women	190	(1)
The Ever-Changing Mosaic	191	(4)
Index	195