A Nation of Peoples: A Sourcebook on America's Multicultural Heritage

by Elliott Robert Barkan

Book Overview

The debate over America's multiculturalism has been intense for nearly three decades, dividing opponents into those insisting on such recognition and those fearing that such a formal acknowledgment will undermine the civic bonds created by a heterogeneous nation. Facts have often been the victim in this dispute, and few works have successfully attempted to present the broad spectrum of America's ethnic groups in a format that is readable, current,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313299617
• ISBN13: 9780313299612
• Release Date: May 1999
• Publisher: Greenwood
• Length: 600 Pages
• Weight: 2.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.4" x 9.4"
• Age Range: 13 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 8 to 12

Customer Reviews

Best resource around

Elliott Barkan edited this volume about North America's cultural groups. Somehow he knew just how to get the exact information out of his writers that Americans are looking for--historical facts, migration patterns, push-pull factors that led to emigration, cultural practices, contributions to America, and adaptations each group had to make. BRAVO!