Hing, Bill Ong.

To Be An American : Cultural Pluralism and the Rhetoric of Assimilation / Bill Ong Hing. - 1 online resource (304 pages). - Book collections on Project MUSE. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 192-236) and index.

A superior multicultural experience -- A nation of immigrants, a history of nativism -- Mi cliente y amigo Rodolfo Martinez Padilla -- Searching for the truth about immigrants and jobs -- How much do immigrants cost? The methodology wars -- Contextualizing immigration -- Low-wage immigrants and African Americans -- Beyond the economic debate : the cultural complaint -- The challenge to cultural pluralists : inter-ethnic group conflict and separatism -- A new way of looking at America -- Back to superior.

Open Access

9780814744840




Acculturation--United States.
Immigrants--United States.
Cultural pluralism--United States.


United States--Ethnic relations.


Electronic books.

E184.A1 / H54 1997

305.8/00973