Ethnic Families in America : Patterns and Variations

by Mindel, Charles H.; Habenstein, Robert W.; Wright, Roosevelt H

• ISBN13: 9780135313282
• ISBN10: 0135313287
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-01-01
• Publisher: Prentice Hall

Summary

This enlightening study offers an inclusive approach to multi-cultural diversity in the U.S, with extensive coverage of the family life styles, traditions and values of seventeen American ethnic groups. Providing unique and personal insights, each chapter is written by a contributing author representing a particular ethnic group, and structured in a similar pattern - covering the historical background, key ethnic cultural components, traditional and current ethnic family characteristics, and changes and adaptations to the ethnic family and culture. Updating statistical information and changes in the ethnic family and culture throughout, the book looks at the differences between ethnic characteristics and other forces impinging upon minority members' lives - such as economics, social class, and social mobility.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii	(2)
Contributors	ix
PART ONE: SETTING THE STAGE	1	(38)
1. Diversity Among America's Ethnic Minorities	1	(12)
Charles H. Mindel
Robert W. Habenstein
Roosevelt Wright, Jr.
2. A "Then and Now" Overview of the Immigrant Family in America	13	(26)
Robert W. Habenstein
PART TWO: EUROPEAN ETHNIC MINORITIES	39	(114)
3. The Irish-American Family	39	(29)
Ellen Somers Horgan
4. The Greek-American Family: A Generational Approach	68	(34)
George A. Kourvetaris
5. The Italian-American Family	102	(26)
D. Ann Squiers
Jill S. Quadagno
6. The Polish-American Family	128	(25)
Helena Znaniecka Lopata
PART THREE: HISPANIC ETHNIC MINORITIES	153	(70)
7. The Mexican-American Family	153	(19)
Rosina M. Becerra
8. The Cuban-American Family	172	(27)
Zulema Suarez
9. The Puerto Rican Family	199	(24)
Melba Sanchez-Ayendez
PART FOUR: ASIAN ETHNIC MINORITIES	223	(138)
10. The Korean-American Family	223	(31)
Pyong Gap Min
11. The Vietnamese-American Family	254	(30)
Thanh Van Tran
12. The Chinese-American Family	284	(27)
Morrison G. Wong
13. The Japanese-American Family	311	(20)
Kerrily J. Kitano
Harry H. L. Kitano
14. The Asian Indian-American Family	331	(30)
Uma A. Segal
PART FIVE: HISTORICALLY SUBJUGATED ETHNIC MINORITIES	361	(61)
15. African-American Families	361	(21)
Harriet Pipes McAdoo
16. Native American Families	382	(40)
Robert John
PART SIX: SOCIORELIGIOUS ETHNIC MINORITIES	422	(86)
17. The Jewish-American Family	422	(28)
Bernard Farber
Bernard Lazerwitz
Charles H. Mindel
18. The Amish Family	450	(30)
Gertrude Enders Huntington
19. The Mormon Family	480	(28)
Bruce L. Campbell
Eugene E. Campbell
Index	508