Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
Is multiculturalism a threat to United States society? Are Americans no longer sufficiently American?
Diversity in America addresses a topic that generates more passionate debate than perhaps any other in contemporary American society. Vincent Parrillo, an internationally renowned expert in the field of immigration and multiculturalism, takes a moderate approach to this volatile subject. He uses both history and sociology to dispel misconceptions about the past, misunderstandings of the present and anxieties about the future.
Synopsis
There is a great need for a book in the area of racial and ethnic relations that presents current societal concerns in a readable fashion for general education students. Diversity in America does fill a gap in the current course literature, and I intend to add it to the required reading for my course.
--Ellen Rosengarten, Sinclair Community College
Diversity in America squarely addresses the topic which perhaps generates more passion, invective, and raucous debate than all others in American society today. Is multiculturalism a threat to us? Do we have too much immigration? Are we no longer sufficiently American? The book answers these questions by using 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.
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. [192]-214) and index.