To Be an American: Cultural Pluralism and the Rhetoric of Assimilation

by Bill Ong Hing

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814735231
• ISBN13: 9780814735237
• Release Date: March 1997
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.07 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.2"