num_pages: 183
description: This collection seeks to advance understanding of the shifting character and salience of ethnicity by abandoning the debate between the assimilationist and the cultural pluralist. The case studies presented define culture as a flexible tool, ethnicity as a complex and variable phenomenon, and social actors as knowledgeable agents who make their own history
language: English
title: The Ethnic Enigma: The Salience of Ethnicity for European-Origin Groups
titlecomplete: The Ethnic Enigma: The Salience of Ethnicity for European-Origin Groups
publisher: The Balch Institute Press