In Quest of Common Ground. Each of these seems to be a very different idea of community than Tonnies's idea of Gemeinschaft discussed earlier. Evans cites public rituals such as parades, the displays of artisan crafts, and other public celebrations as other examples of public space important in American history.
Immigrant communities represent yet another example.
Communities of ideas refers to groups which share a common identity, traditions, or ethnicity such as American Indians, Mexican-Americans and other ethnic groups. This idea of community also includes all of those who are brought together by sharing ideas which may be political as well as ethnic however, such as the Mexican-American Civil Rights Movement. One may identity with this community of ideas while not necessarily sharing Mexican-American ethnicity. Linda Ching Sledge describes Asian-Americans as experiencing a sense of community both ethnically and panethnically. Asian Americans resist the rigid categorizing that a hyphenated label might impose.