1 Introduction -- 2 Setting the Patterns -- 3 The Irish -- 4 The Chinese -- 5 The Jews -- 6 Ethnic Minorities in Wartime -- Immigration Policy: The Rise and Fall of Nativism -- 8 The Politics of Language -- 9 Multiculturalism: The Biography of an Idea -- 10 Islamophobia -- 11 Conclusion.
Summary
Explores the question of whether the Canadian "mosaic" has differed from the American "melting pot" and provides an informative comparison of both countries' historical and present-day similarities and differences.