Synopses & Reviews
This enlightening study offers an inclusive approach to multi-cultural diversity in the U.S, with extensive coverage of the family life styles, traditions and values of seventeen American ethnic groups. Providing unique and personal insights, each chapter is written by a contributing author representing a particular ethnic group, and structured in a similar pattern - covering the historical background, key ethnic cultural components, traditional and current ethnic family characteristics, and changes and adaptations to the ethnic family and culture. Updating statistical information and changes in the ethnic family and culture throughout, the book looks at the differences between ethnic characteristics and other forces impinging upon minority members' lives - such as economics, social class, and social mobility.
Table of Contents
I. SETTING THE STAGE. 1. Diversity Among America's Ethnic Minorities. 2. A "Then and Now" Overview of the Immigrant Family in America.
II. EUROPEAN ETHNIC MINORITIES. 3. The Irish-American Family, Ellen Somers Horgan.
4. The Greek-American Family: A Generational Approach, George Kourvetaris.
5. The Italian-American Family, D. Ann Squiers and Jill S. Quadagno.
6. The Polish-American Family, Helena Znaniecka Lopata.
III. HISPANIC ETHNIC MINORITIES. 7. The Mexican-American Family, Rosina Becerra.
8. The Cuban-American Family, Zulima Suárez.
9. The Puerto Rican Family, Melba Sánchez-Ayéndez.
IV. ASIAN ETHNIC MINORITIES. 10. The Korean-American Family, Pyong Gap Min.
11. The Vietnamese-American Family, Thanh Van Tran.
12. The Chinese-American Family, Morrison G. Wong.
13. The Japanese-American Family, Kerrily J. Kitano and Harry H.L. Kitano.
14. The Asian Indian-American Family, Uma A. Segal.
V. HISTORICALLY SUBJUGATED ETHNIC MINORITIES. 15. African-American Families, Harriet Pipes McAdoo.
16. Native American Families, Robert John.
VI. SOCIORELIGIOUS ETHNIC MINORITIES. 17. The Jewish-American Family, Bernard Farber, Bernard Lazerwitz, and Charles H. Mindel.
18. The Amish Family, Gertrude Enders Huntington.
19. The Mormon Family, Bruce L. Campbell and Eugene E. Campbell.
Index.