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To be an American : cultural pluralism and the rhetoric of assimilation / Bill Ong Hing.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Critical AmericaPublication details: New York : NYU Press, 1997.Description: 1 online resource (258 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780814744840
  • 0814744842
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: To Be An American : Cultural Pluralism and the Rhetoric of Assimilation.DDC classification:
  • 305.800973
LOC classification:
  • E184.A1H54
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction; 1 A Superior Multicultural Experience; 2 A Nation of Immigrants, a History of Nativism; 3 Mi Cliente y Amigo Rodolfo Martinez Padilla; 4 Searching for the Truth about Immigrants and Jobs; 5 How Much Do Immigrants Cost? The Methodology Wars; 6 Contextualizing Immigration; 7 Low-Wage Immigrants and African Americans; 8 Beyond the Economic Debate: The Cultural Complaint; 9 The Challenge to Cultural Pluralists: Interethnic Group Conflict and Separatism 10 A New Way of Looking at America; 11 Back to Superior.
Summary: The impetus behind California's Proposition 187 clearly reflects the growing anti-immigrant sentiment in this country. Many Americans regard today's new immigrants as not truly American, as somehow less committed to the ideals on which the country was founded. In clear, precise terms, Bill Ong Hing considers immigration in the context of the global economy, a sluggish national economy, and the hard facts about downsizing. Importantly, he also confronts the emphatic claims of immigrant supporters that immigrants do assimilate, take jobs that native workers don't want, and contribute more to the.
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Introduction; 1 A Superior Multicultural Experience; 2 A Nation of Immigrants, a History of Nativism; 3 Mi Cliente y Amigo Rodolfo Martinez Padilla; 4 Searching for the Truth about Immigrants and Jobs; 5 How Much Do Immigrants Cost? The Methodology Wars; 6 Contextualizing Immigration; 7 Low-Wage Immigrants and African Americans; 8 Beyond the Economic Debate: The Cultural Complaint; 9 The Challenge to Cultural Pluralists: Interethnic Group Conflict and Separatism 10 A New Way of Looking at America; 11 Back to Superior.

The impetus behind California's Proposition 187 clearly reflects the growing anti-immigrant sentiment in this country. Many Americans regard today's new immigrants as not truly American, as somehow less committed to the ideals on which the country was founded. In clear, precise terms, Bill Ong Hing considers immigration in the context of the global economy, a sluggish national economy, and the hard facts about downsizing. Importantly, he also confronts the emphatic claims of immigrant supporters that immigrants do assimilate, take jobs that native workers don't want, and contribute more to the.

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