TY - BOOK AU - Gleason,Philip ED - Project Muse. TI - Speaking of Diversity : : Language and Ethnicity in Twentieth-Century America / SN - 9781421434810 PY - 2019/// CY - Baltimore PB - Johns Hopkins University Press KW - Catholics KW - fast KW - Ethnic relations KW - Ethnicity KW - Minorities KW - Religion KW - religion (discipline) KW - aat KW - ethnic groups KW - minorities KW - Prejuges KW - Diversite culturelle KW - Groupes ethniques KW - Minorites KW - Ethnicite KW - États-Unis KW - Catholiques KW - Prejudice KW - Race Relations KW - Cultural Diversity KW - Minority Groups KW - Prejudices KW - Cultural pluralism KW - Ethnic groups KW - United States KW - Relations interethniques KW - Essais KW - rvmgf KW - Essays KW - lcgft KW - essays KW - Essay KW - Electronic books. KW - local N1 - Originally published in 1992; Introduction --; part 1; Coming to Terms with Ethnicity --; 1; The Melting Pot: Symbol of Fusion or Confusion?; (starting pages 3) --; 2; Confusion Compounded: A Melting Pot Update; (starting pages 32) --; 3; The Odd Couple: Pluralism and Assimilation; (starting pages 47) --; 4; Minorities (Almost) All; (starting pages 91) --; 5; Identifying Identity: A Semantic History; (starting pages 123) --; part 2; World War II and American Identity --; 6; Americans All; (starting pages 153) --; 7; The Study of American Culture; (starting pages 188) --; 8; Pluralism, Democracy, and Catholicism: Religious Tensions; (starting pages 207) --; part 3; Religion and American Diversity --; 9; Hansen, Herberg, and American Religion; (starting pages 231) --; 10; Immigration, Religion, and Civil Religion; (starting pages 250) --; 11; "Americanism" in American Catholic Discourse; (starting pages 272) --; Index; (starting pages 301); Open Access N2 - "In recent years U.S. social history has taken dramatic strides in studies of race, gender, and ethnicity. Among historians of American ethnic groups, Philip Gleason has played a leading role in that development. His essays analyzing the terms of public and scholarly discourse--mapping the changing conceptions of American identity during the past half century--make a distinctive contribution to intellectual history." "Speaking of Diversity collects eleven of Gleason's seminal essays, each of them examining twentieth-century American thought on ethnic and religious diversity. Part 1 focuses specifically on linguistic and conceptual analysis, treating terms such as melting-pot, pluralism, identity, and minority. Part 2 explores the impact of World War II on American thinking about diversity, tolerance, and intergroup relations. Part 3 consists of essays on religion, all closely tied to themes in earlier essays. Together, they form a model of methodological and thematic unity. The essays also clear the ground as Americans continue their efforts to realize the stated goals of tolerance, diversity, and order."--Jacket UR - https://muse.jhu.edu/book/68469/ ER -