Ethnic Studies category: 6968 books
Mexican Americans Across Generations
Immigrant Families, Racial Realities
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2011
While newly arrived immigrants are often the focus of public concern and debate, many Mexican immigrants and Mexican Americans have resided in the United States for generations. Latinos are the largest and fastest-growing ethnic group in the United States, and their racial identities change with each...
by Michael R. Shaughnessy
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2007
German Pittsburgh explores the multifaceted cultural history of German-speaking immigrants and residents in the Greater Pittsburgh area. Today over one quarter of the city�s residents claim German heritage, the largest ethnic group in the region. German-speaking Pittsburghers include names like H....
The Mexican American Orquesta
Music, Culture, and the Dialectic of Conflict
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2010
The Mexican American orquesta is neither a Mexican nor an American music. Relying on both the Mexican orquesta and the American dance band for repertorial and stylistic cues, it forges a synthesis of the two. The ensemble emerges historically as a powerful artistic vehicle for the expression of what...
National Unity
Perdana Discourse Series, #1
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2018
Malaysia is a nation in which multi-ethnicity thrive in spite of differences of religion and culture. The tensions underlying this unity, however, are real and present ongoing challenges to the country's leadership in maintaining peace and harmony in this country. How has Malaysia remained unscathed...
European Encounters
Migrants, Migration and European Societies Since 1945
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2017
This book reminds us of Europe's multi-faceted history of expulsions, flight, and labour migration and the extent to which European history since 1945 is a history of migration. While immigration and ethnic plurality have often been divisive issues, encounters between Europeans and newcomers have...
Diasporic Chinese Ventures
The Life and Work of Wang Gungwu
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2004
This collection of essays by and about Wang Gungwu brings together some of Wang's most recent and representative writing about the ethnic Chinese outside China giving the reader a deeper understanding of his views on migration, identity, nationalism and culture, all key issues in modern Asia's transformation....
Sewing Women
Immigrants and the New York City Garment Industry
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2005
Many Latino and Chinese women who immigrated to New York City over the past several decades found work in the garment industry-an industry well known for both hiring immigrants and its harsh working conditions. In the 1990s, the garment industry was one of the largest immigrant employers in New York...
The Irish Bridget
Irish Immigrant Women in Domestic Service in America, 1840-1930
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2014
Many of the socially marginalized Irish immigrant women of this era made their living in domestic service. In contrast to immigrant men, who might have lived in a community with their fellow Irish, these women lived and worked in close contact with American families. Lynch-Brennan reveals the essential...
by Keith Whitfield, PhD
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2013
"The array of topics covered is amazing, making this book a valuable, significant resource for many disciplines...This multidisciplinary review of the literature on minority aging presents the scholarship related to public health and 'social, behavioral, and biological concerns' of aged minorities...
Raza Sí, Migra No
Chicano Movement Struggles for Immigrant Rights in San Diego
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2017
As immigration from Mexico to the United States grew through the 1970s and 1980s, the Border Patrol, police, and other state agents exerted increasing violence against ethnic Mexicans in San Diego's volatile border region. In response, many San Diego activists rallied around the leadership of the...
by Nancy Karen Wichar
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2010
Ukrainians have contributed to the diverse ethnic tapestry in Detroit since the arrival of the first Ukrainian immigrants in the late 1800s. Bringing their history, culture, and determination to achieve, they established a foundation for the resilient community that would continue to emerge during the...
Ethnicity and Race
Creating Educational Opportunities Around the Globe
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
This volume of Global Initiatives for Equity and Social Justice takes a resource perspective toward culture, ethnicity, and race. Its purpose is to foster global dialog about race and ethnicity, with an emphasis on sharing strategies and solutions. While one might view problems stemming from racial...
by Stephanie Longo
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2004
Every Labor Day weekend, hundreds of thousands of people flock to Courthouse Square in Scranton for the largest ethnic festival in northeastern Pennsylvania: La Festa Italiana. The Italians of this region have been proudly celebrating their heritage since their arrival in this country with traditional...
by Jennifer Ho
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
This interdisciplinary study examines the theme of consumption in Asian American literature, connection representations of cooking and eating with ethnic identity formation. Using four discrete modes of identification--historic pride, consumerism, mourning, and fusion--Jennifer Ho examines how Asian...