Ethnic America
A History
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- Mar 21, 1983
- Page Count
- 368 pages
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- ISBN-13
- 9780465020751
“At once useful as a concise history of major ethnic groups and significant as a quiet but powerful attack on liberal beliefs about minorities, racism, segregation, and affirmative action.” —New York Times
A distinguished economist traces the history of nine American ethnic groups—the Irish, Germans, Jews, Italians, Chinese, Japanese, Blacks, Puerto Ricans, and Mexicans—in order to explain their varied experiences in adapting to American society.
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“Ethnic America is at once useful as a concise history of major ethnic groups and significant as a quiet but powerful attack on liberal beliefs about minorities, racism, segregation and affirmative action.”New York Times
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“An important and gripping work.”Commentary
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“Perhaps the seminal history of America’s core populations.”National Review
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