Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
I think that the (book's overarching) themes are still relevant today. They bring a fresh, alternative perspective to the understanding of race and ethnicity in America. ...anyone can pick up this book and learn from it. It is like reading a good story rather than (reading) an educational text. --Leigh A. Willis, University of Georgia Diversity in America, Second Edition squarely addresses the topic that perhaps generates more passion, invective, and raucous debate than all others in American society today. Do we have too much immigration? Are we no longer sufficiently American? The depth and complexity of race relations throughout the book helps to answer these questions. Vincent N. Parrillo uses history and sociology to shed light on socially constructed myths about our past, misunderstandings from our present, and anxieties about our future that are so prevalent. Key Features: The only book to provide students with a thorough historical background on immigration and race relations issues and how they've shaped our society An examination of how diversity and multiculturalism have always been a part of U.S. society, not recent phenomena, and shouldn't be viewed as threats todayAssimilation and pluralism have been ongoing, dual realities since the country's beginnings and will play an increasingly important role going forwardMore coverage of female, Asian, and Latino populations A new chapter - Multiculturalism After 9/11 Diversity in America, Second Edition is an ideal supplement for courses in race and ethnic relations, immigration history, American studies, or other courses on diversity.
Synopsis
Diversity in America, Second Edition squarely addresses the topic that perhaps generates more passion, invective, and raucous debate than all others in American society today. Do we have too much immigration? Are we no longer sufficiently American? The depth and complexity of race relations throughout the book helps to answer these questions. Vincent N. Parrillo uses history and sociology to shed light on socially constructed myths about our past, misunderstandings from our present, and anxieties about our future that are so prevalent.