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Table of Contents:
- Introduction : Change and continuity in the experiences of racial, ethnic and religious minorities in america / Valerie Martinez-Ebers and Manochehr Dorraj
- Part 1. The broader context for understanding minority-majority relationships in the United States. Globalization and the American nation / Sheila Croucher
- A world between : multiple identities and the challenges faced by first-generation immigrants / Edwina Barvosa
- Immigration : trends, demographics, and patterns of political incorporation / Jessica Lavariega Monforti
- Bridging the cultural divide : accommodating religious diversity / Jocelyn Sage Weiner and Clyde Wilcox
- Part 2. The history and contemporary issues and experiences of select minority groups. "Measured sovereignty:" the political experiences of indigenous peoples as nations and individuals / David Wilkins
- Linked fates, disconnected realities : the post-civil rights African American politics / Melanye T. Price and Gloria J. Hampton
- The influence of context and history on the policy positions and partisanship of Hispanics in the United States / Jessica Lavariega Monforti and Lisa Garcia Bedolla
- Model minority or perpetual foreigner? The political experience of Asian Americans / Morrison G. Wong
- Anti-Semitism and the Jewish-American political experience / Paul Mendes-Flohr
- Islamophobia, the Muslim stereotype, and the Muslim American political experience / Manochehr Dorraj
- Concluding thoughts on a changing America / Valerie Martinez-Ebers and Manochehr Dorraj.
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Language Notes:
- Item content: English
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General Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Physical Description:
- xix, 250 pages ; 24 cm
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Call Numbers:
- E184.A1 P47 2010
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ISBNs:
- 9780195381702 (pbk., alk. paper)
019538170X (pbk., alk. paper)
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Library of Congress Control Numbers:
- 2008052704
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OCLC Numbers:
- 236334392