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9780195094718

Identity, Community, and Pluralism in American Life

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    9780195094718

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    0195094719

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1997-01-16
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Summary

Identity, Community, and Pluralism in American Life is an anthology of primary source readings which explores the cultural diversity and social pluralism in American life. The principal themes include the formation of group and communal identities, the position of various groups in the American social structure, and the interrelationships of the people of the United States within the framework of a common public life. The readings are drawn from a variety of sources including fiction, poetry, journalism, biography, autobiography, and memoirs, as well as from academic disciplines. Each of the eleven chapters is preceded by a context-setting introduction, and each selection includes a brief introduction explaining its significance and its relationship to other selections. Intended for use as a core text for undergraduate courses that explore diversity and pluralism, this text provides the basis for a continuing dialogue and inquiry into American life.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Interpreting History and Experience
Metaphorizing American Culture Anglo-Conformity: Thomas Jefferson writes George Flower, 1817
Anglo-Conformity: The New York City public schools, 1906
The Melting Pot: Israel Zangwill coins a phrase, 1908
The Melting Pot: An eighteenth century interpretation, 1782
Cultural Pluralism: Randolph Bourne''s vision of America as a confederation of distinct peoples, 1916
Living with diversity: Our daily experiences, 1994
Introduction: The Presence of the Past
Voluntary immigrants
The quest for a better life: a Norwegian immigrant letter of 1838
Economic migrants from nineteenth century China: "A Chinaman''s Chance"
Would-ve voluntary immigrants: Chinese poets on Angel Island
Refugees
Oral history of Fannie Shamitz Friedman, "There Was Nothing to Come Home to"
From African to African American
Olaudah Equiano: "...the Manners and Customs of My Country...Had Been Implanted in Me with Great Care..."
Frederick Douglass: "I Do Not Recollect of Ever Seeing My Mother by the Light of Day"
Finding meaning in tradition: Red Jacket''s testimony
The conquered Mexicans of the Southwest: Letter from the Santa Fe Jail, Reies Lopez Tijerina Suggestions for further reading
Unit Two: Defining Self, Defining Others
Introduction: On Being Different and "Undifferent" in the United States
Harriet Jacobs: The Sexual and Moral Hazards of Growing Up a Female Slave
Ohiyesa: An Indian Brave Confronts Civilization
Helena Maria Viramontes: The Chicana Legacy
Lloyd Van Brund, The racial measure of the poor white''s failure
James Jaewhan Lee, "I am Learning how to Confront Elephants..."
Judy Scales-Trent, "On Being Black and White, Different and the Same"
Representations of Prejudice and Ethnocentricity
Inventing the Indian: The Account of Amerigo Vespucci
The English Construction of the New England Savage: Three Portrayals
History of Plymouth Plantation
New England''s First Fruits: "In Respect of the Indians, Etc."
From John Winthrop''s Journal
Prejudice Masked as Humor: Harriet Stowe Jumps Jim Crow
Thomas Dartmouth Rice, Jim Crow
Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom''s Cabin
The Perpetuation of Racial Humor
From Twain''s Adventure''s of Huckelberry Finn
Kemble on Illustrating Huckleberry Finn
From E. W. Kemble''s A Coon Alphabet
The Deadly Effects of Discrimination
Communities In Historical Perspective
Communities in an Expanding Nation
The Nineteen Century
Community as Survival: Solidarity and Celebration in the Slave Quarters
"Yes, the love of God is best...", The Oneida Community
Education, Americanization, and Community: The Ethnic Press
Solidarity and Diversity in Women''s Communities
"Daughters of Freemen Still"
Millworkers Proclaim a Strike at Lowell, Massachusetts, 1834
"The Sound of Our Own Voices," A Women''s Study Club
"...to elevate our race": Report of the Phillis Wheatley Club
Suggestions for Further Reading
Continuity and Change: Communities in the Twentieth Century
The Labor Movement in the Progressive Era: Congressional Hearings on the Lawrence Textile Strike of 1912
Community Activisim After the Black Civil Rights Revolution
National Organization for Women: An Invitation to Join
A Chicano Feminist Manifesto
Black Pride and Disability Pride: "Malcolm Teaches Us, Too"
Communities in Conflict in South Central Los Angeles, 1991
Alice Choi on Korean -- Black Tensions
"...It''s a misunderstanding of one another": University of California Students
Discuss the Los Angeles Riot
"Sharing the Journey": The Small Group Movement
"Today''s Strength from Yesterday''s Traditions": Northern Arapaho Indian Women
Suggestions for Further Reading
Permission To Enter And The Right To Belong
Opening and Closing the Door: The Debate over Immigration
A Friend of Immigrants: At the Height of Nativism a Doctor Publishes a Lecture in Favor of Immigration
Raising Alarm: An Antiimmigration Politician Speaks at the Convention to Revise the Constitytion of Kentucky
Proimmigration Reform: The President of the United States Argues for the Elimination of National Origin Quotas, 1963
Doubts on Assimilation: A Conservative Deomgrapher Does not Think that Third World Immigrants Will Adapt to U.S. Culture, 1990
On Being an American in a Pluralistic Society: A Hispanic View, 1986
Suggestions for Further Reading
The State, Citizenship, and Naturalization
Deciding Membership in the American Political Community: The First National
Debate on Naturalization and Citizenship, 1790
Is It Too Easy to Become an American?, 1845
The Experience of Becoming a Citizen: New York City, 1900
Exclusion: Race and Powerlessness
Shared Political Values and Language Inform the Effort to Combat Exclusion: American Women, 1848
Excluding Asians, 1889
Suggestions for Further Reading
Enduring Conflicts
The Question of a National Language
They Should Speak English: Benjamin Franklin Complains About the Germans in Pennsylvania, 1753
Attempting to Establish English as the Official Language: Three Proposed
Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, 1981, 1983, 1989
Language and Equality in Education: The Supreme Court Lau Decisions, 1974
Speaking for English as the Official Language: A U.S. Senator Explains Why He Is Sponsoring an English Language Amendment to the Constitution, 1983
Against Official English: A U.S. Representative Explains Why There Should no Be an English Language Constitutional Amendment, 1988
They Are not Learning English: The Secretary of Education Attacks Bilingual Education, 1985
In Defense of Bilingual Education: A Response to Secretary Bennett''s Attack, 1985
Suggestions for Further Reading
Church, State, and Society
Separating Church and State: What Did the Founders Have in Mind?, 1784
A "Wall of Separation": Thomas Jefferson''s View, 1802
Is the United States a "Christian Nation?": Justice David Brewer''s View, 1892
Defining Boundaries for Church and State: School Prayer, 1962
Defining Boundaries for Church and State: Federal Aid to Church-affiliated Private Schools, 1971
An Outsider''s View of Christmas: "The Other Check,"
Suggestions for Further Reading
Individual Rights or Group Rights? The Question of Affirmative Action
Against Set-asides: A Group of Jewish and Other White Ethnic Organizations
Submit a Brief to the Supreme Court, 1977
"Affirmed in part and reversed in part": The Bakke Decision, 1978
Affirmative Action Is not Damaging to Blacks or Unconstitutional: A Legal Scholar Refutes Objections to Affirmative Action, 1986
Promoted Over a Male: The Diane Joyce Story, as Told by Susan Faludi, 1991
White Males as Victims: Casualities of Affirmative Action, 1991
Suggestions for Further Reading
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