| Description |
xii, 345 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Preface: Encountering American dilemmas -- Prologue -- "Nobody knows the trouble I've seen" : some reflections on the insider-outsider debate (1978) -- Part I. The marginality of a model minority. The ghetto and beyond : reflections on Jewish life in America (1968) ; Country cousins : "ambassadors to the gentiles" (1957, 1961, 1977, 1993) ; Going to the mountains : seeking respite in "the Jewish Alps" (1990) ; Admission to the club : "The Matthew Principle" and college enrollment (2006) -- Part II. Black and white in American society. The Black experience : issues and images (1969) ; Social physics : the resurgence of ethnicity (1974) ; Blacks and Jews : the strained alliance (1981, 1994) ; The real McCoy? a novel look at racial tensions in New York (1998) ; Killing the messenger : the Black family and the politics of race (2011) ; Facts, fiction, and literary ethnography : the controversy over Harper Lee's new/old novel (2015) -- Part III. On strangers at the gate. Long night's journey : the ordeal of the Indochinese refugees (1982, 2003) ; The harbor masters : American politics and refugee policy (1984) ; From pariahs to paragons : the downs and ups of Americans from Asia (1985) ; The persistence of (an) ethnicity : resistance to Americano dreams (2005) ; Making a difference : William Allan Neilson and the rescue of refugee intellectuals (2005) -- Part IV. Perspectives on a stratified society. Culture and character : David Riesman reconsidered (1982) ; It's almost 1984 : three sociological perspectives on social issues in American society (1983) ; White America, circa 2010 : two views (2011, 2012) ; Hillsborough boy : Robin M. Williams, Jr. and his legacy (1999) ; Studying "the truly disadvantaged" : a portrait of William Julius Wilson (2015) -- Coda. The threat of the "other" : old challenges, new realities (2016). |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Subject |
United States -- Race relations -- 20th century.
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United States -- Ethnic relations -- 20th century.
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United States -- Race relations -- 21st century.
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United States -- Ethnic relations -- 21st century.
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Race relations in literature.
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Ethnic relations in literature.
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Minorities -- United States.
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Immigrants -- United States.
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Refugees -- United States.
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Ethnic relations. (OCoLC)fst00916005
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Ethnic relations in literature. (OCoLC)fst00916024
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Immigrants. (OCoLC)fst00967712
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Minorities. (OCoLC)fst01023088
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Race relations. (OCoLC)fst01086509
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Race relations in literature. (OCoLC)fst01086563
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Refugees. (OCoLC)fst01092797
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Chronological Term |
1900-2099
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Rose, Peter Isaac, 1933- author. Mainstream and margins revisited. New Brunswick [U.S.A.] : Transaction Publishers, [2017] 9781412863926 (DLC) 2016047973 |
| ISBN |
9781412864299 (paperback) |
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1412864291 (paperback) |
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9781412863926 (eBook) |
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