Speaking of diversity
Subtitle: language and ethnicity in twentieth-century America
By: Philip Gleason.
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 1992
Place of publication: Baltimore
Language: eng
Number of pages: 314
Subjects: Ethnicity -- United States.; Minorities -- United States.; Catholics -- United States.; United States -- Ethnic relations.; United States -- Religion.
Description: "In recent years U.S. social history has taken dramatic strides in studies of race, gender, and ethnicity. Among historians of American ethnic groups, Philip Gleason has played a leading role in that development. His essays analyzing the terms of public and scholarly discourse--mapping the changing conceptions of American identity during the past half century--make a distinctive contribution to intellectual history." "Speaking of Diversity collects eleven of Gleason's seminal essays, each of them examining twentieth-century American thought on ethnic and religious diversity. Part 1 focuses specifically on linguistic and conceptual analysis, treating terms such as melting-pot, pluralism, identity, and minority. Part 2 explores the impact of World War II on American thinking about diversity, tolerance, and intergroup relations. Part 3 consists of essays on religion, all closely tied to themes in earlier essays. Together, they form a model of methodological and thematic unity. The essays also clear the ground as Americans continue their efforts to realize the stated goals of tolerance, diversity, and order."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.