Rooting multiculturalism
Subtitle: the work of Louis Adamic
By: Dan Shiffman.
Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press; Associated University Presses
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Madison [N.J.]; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 191
Subjects: Adamic, Louis, 1899-1951; Adamic, Louis, 1899-1951 -- Political and social views; Slovenian Americans -- Biography; Immigrants -- United States -- Biography; Historians -- United States -- Biography; Social reformers -- United States -- Biography; Pluralism (Social sciences) -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Immigrants -- United States -- Social conditions -- 20th century; United States -- Social conditions -- 20th century; United States -- Ethnic relations
Genres: Biography.
Description: The author examines the life and work of Slovenian-born Louis Adamic (1898-1951), a writer, editor, populist historian, and champion of immigrant contributions to the U.S. Coverage includes a chronological description of Adamic's life, from childhood in Slovenia to his death in 1951; Adamic and the emergence of cultural pluralism between the 1910s to 1940s; his rhetoric of social reform; his writing about second-generation immigrants; and his relevance to contemporary multiculturalism.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 180-185) and index.