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Assimilation in America

Books on: (assimilation and ("united states" OR america)) OR americanization

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Taking Assimilation to Heart: Marriages of White Women and Indigenous Men in the United States and Australia, 1887-1937

Book by Katherine Ellinghaus; University of Nebraska Press, 2006

Subjects:

Australian Aborigines--Cultural Assimilation--History--19th Century, Australian Aborigines--Social Conditions--19th Century, Indians Of North America--Cultural Assimilation--History--19th Century, Indians Of North America--Education--Social Aspects, Indians Of North America--Social Conditions--19th Century, Interracial Marriage--Australia--History--19th Century, Interracial Marriage--United States--History--19th Century, White Women--Australia--Family Relationships--History--19th Century, White Women--United States--Family Relationships--History--19th Century

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...Indians of North America-Cultural assimilation-History-19th century. 4. Aboriginal...white ideas about Native American assimilation in the United States, the different...focus in the United States on cultural assimilation created a system of assimilation...
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Inventing North America: Canada, Mexico, and the United States

Book by Guy Poitras; Lynne Rienner, 2001

Subjects:

North America--Economic Conditions, North America--Economic Integration, North America--Foreign Economic Relations

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Guy Poitras is professor of political science at Trinity University in San Antonio.
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In the Eagle's Shadow: The United States and Latin America

Book by Kyle Longley; Harlan Davidson, 2002

Subjects:

Latin America--Foreign Relations--United States, United States--Foreign Relations--Latin America

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Graphic Design Manufactured in the United States of America 03 02 01 1 2 3 VP Contents...J. Lloyd Mecham, A Survey of United States-Latirt American Relations (1965); Federico Gil...Lester D. Langley, America and the Americas: The United States in the Western Hemisphere (1989...
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Social Change in Latin America Today: Its Implications for United States Policy

Book by Richard N. Adams, John P. Gillin, Allan R. Holmberg, Oscar Lewis, Richard W. Patch, Charles Wagley; Harper, 1960

Subjects:

Latin America--Politics--1948-, Latin America--Relations (General) With The United States, Latin America--Social Conditions, United States--Relations (General) With Latin America

Collections: History, Entire Library

...The middle class which evolved to furnish the merchants, professional men, educators, and technicians to service these assimilations had the most contacts with the outside world and became the social stratum most conscious of Guatemalas social backwardness...
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The United States and Latin America

Book by Herbert L. Matthews; Prentice-Hall, 1963

Subjects:

Latin America--Civilization, Latin America--Relations--United States, United States--Relations--Latin America

Collections: History, Entire Library

...this day in his repugnance to the assimilation of the white mans civilization, one...very much greater among us in the United States than in Latin America. True enough, this advancement economically...equality and opportunity in the United States and Latin America are broad and deep -- and not really...

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Journal Articles on: (assimilation and ("united states" OR america)) OR americanization

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Militant Zionism in America: The Rise and Impact of the Jabotinsky Movement in the United States, 1926-1948

Journal article by Michael Brown; American Jewish History, Vol. 90, 2002

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, Militant Zionism in America: the Rise and Impact of the Jabotinsky Movement in the United States, 1926-1948 (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...were, in his eyes, cowards and toadies. But that is getting ahead of the story. Medoffs compendious book chronicles the assimilation of Revisionism into American Zionism. In the late 1930s, Jabotinsky was something of a suspect cult figure among American...
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The Temple of Culture: Assimilation and Anti-Semitism in Literary Anglo-America

Journal article by Linda S. Raphael; American Jewish History, Vol. 90, 2002

Subjects:

The Temple of Culture: Assimilation and Anti-Semitism in Literary Anglo-America (Book)

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Literature, Entire Library

...fascinating but little-noted facets of Jewish assimilation to the American cultural sphere" was...expands on the roles Jews played in the American literary scene. Following Lionel Trilling...first major canon revision undertaken in American cultural life in which Jews participated...
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Assimilation or Consciousness: Perceptions of U.S. Society Among Recent Latin American Immigrants to the United States?

Journal article by Alejandro Portes, Robert Nash Parker, José A. Cobas, Astin, Panos; Social Forces, Vol. 59, 1980

Subjects:

Social Problems, Social Service

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Assimilation or Consciousness: Perceptions of U.S. Society Among...familiarity with the culture and language, as the assimilation hypothesis predicts. To test this hypothesis and its...Mexico, D.F.: Era. Gordon, M. M. a: 1961 . "Assimilation in America: Theory and Reality". Daedalus 90:263-85...
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Bridging South America and the United States in Black Music Research

Journal article by Gerard Behague; Black Music Research Journal, Vol. 22, 2002

Subjects:

Gottschalk, Louis Moreau, Music, Black--Research

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...their wish for social ascension and assimilation (while the white people borrowed from...to the surrounding environment and assimilation of European elements" (61). But juxtaposed...then the 1970s and 1980s, is the ready assimilation of some of the most typical African-American...
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Remarriage and Intermarriage of Asians in the United States of America

Journal article by B.E. Aguirre, Rogelio Saenz, Sean-Shong Hwang; Journal of Comparative Family Studies, Vol. 26, 1995

Subjects:

Asians in the United States--Social aspects, Intermarriage--Research, Remarriage--Research

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...487: 150-168. 1989 "A Look at Intermarriage Among the Chinese in the Untied Stales in 1980." Sociological Perspectives 32: 87-107. Woodrum, E. 1981 "An Assessment of Japanese American Assimilation, Pluralism and Subordination." American Journal of Sociology 87: 157-69. Yu, E.S.H. 1980 "Filipino Migration and Community Organizations in the United States." California Sociologist 3...

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Magazine Articles on: (assimilation and ("united states" OR america)) OR americanization

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America, Israel & the Six Day War: The Six Day War Spawned the Special Relationship between Israel and the United States of America. Elizabeth Stephens Explores the Cultural Backdrop to This Momentous Development Which Resonates in the Middle East to This Day

Magazine article by Elizabeth Stephens; History Today, Vol. 57, June 2007

Subjects:

Israeli foreign relations--History, Johnson, Lyndon B., Six-Day War, 1967--History, United States foreign relations--History

Collections: History, Entire Library

...becoming integrated into American society and seizing the opportunities available to them. It was not until this process of assimilation and acceptance was complete, when Jews felt comfortable in America as Americans, and when the lustre of America itself had...
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Does America Have an Assimilation Problem?

Magazine article by Michael Barone, John Fonte; The American Enterprise, Vol. 11, December 2000

Subjects:

Africans--Emigration and immigration, Assimilation (Sociology)--United States, Blacks--Social aspects, Emigration and immigration--United States, Irish--Emigration and immigration, Italians--Emigration and immigration, Latin Americans--Emigration and immigration, United States--Social policy

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...supporters of an ever-larger state. The assimilation of Asians in America seems to be proceeding...are either actively promoting anti-Americanization policies such as "multiculturalism...of "diversity," rarely if ever of "assimilation" or "Americanization" Back then...
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Declaring Victory: The United States Is Succeeding in Its Struggle against Terrorism. the Time Has Come to Declare the War on Terror over, So That an Even More Effective Military and Diplomatic Campaign Can Begin

Magazine article by James Fallows; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 298, September 2006

Subjects:

Al-Qaeda--Planning, Antiterrorism measures, Bush doctrine--Criticism and interpretation, Terrorism, bin Laden, Osama--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes

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...between the European and American assimilation of Muslims becomes most apparent...said that the jihad against all Americans should continue until the United States changes its policy toward Muslim...terrorist group to worry about, the United States now had hundreds. Americas explicit efforts to win the "war...
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The Empire of Freedom: Where the United States Belongs: The Anglosphere

Magazine article by Ramesh Ponnuru; National Review, Vol. 55, March 24, 2003

Subjects:

English speaking countries--International relations, English speaking countries--Political aspects

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...Western civilization. That civilization is characterized by a high degree of individualism and dynamism, and by a talent for assimilation. It is also characterized by high trust. In low-trust societies -- here Bennett is borrowing from Edward Banfield and Francis...
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One Nation, out of Many: Why "Americanization" of Newcomers Is Still Important

Magazine article by Samuel Huntington; The American Enterprise, Vol. 15, September 2004

Subjects:

Americanization--Analysis, Civilization, Culture

Collections: Entire Library

...the indefinite future. This may cause assimilation to be slower and less complete than...significantly reduced; the decline of the assimilation movement; and the new enthusiasm of...are doing now. The lags in Mexican assimilation are clearly visible in current American...

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Newspaper Articles on: (assimilation and ("united states" OR america)) OR americanization

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Immigrants Embracing, Enriching United States

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, July 15, 1999

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...data to examine four quantifiable indexes of immigrant assimilation and found the following: * Citizenship - The longer immigrants...language of immigrants is lost after a few generations in the United States. * Intermarriage - Both foreign-born Asians and foreign-born...non-Hispanics and 41 percent of third-generation Asian-American women have non-Asian husbands. Far from being at odds...
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Assimilation American Style; Melting Pot Becomes Multicultural Fishbowl

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, December 1, 2005

Subjects:

Acculturation, Assimilation, Assimilation (Sociology), Hispanic Americans

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...fear that the recipe has been discarded. Bilingualism delays assimilation, but the English language as a unifying force suffers less...pride in putting down roots in the United States and becoming Americans. Economic opportunity attracted them, but theres pride in...
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The Americanization of 'Reingold'; National Opera Presents Its First Ring Cycle to Wagnerian Effect

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, March 27, 2006

Subjects:

Theaters, Wagner, Richard

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

The Americanization of Reingold; National Opera...create a refreshingly new "American Ring" at the Kennedy Centers...series of riffs on the American experience, making expert...in her brief turn as an American Indian earth-mother Erda...
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Emphasis on English; Assimilation Seen as Vital for Immigrants' Success

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, March 13, 2005

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...unnecessarily costly, delay immigrants assimilation and encourage the development of...focus on is getting people to be Americans," says Rob D. Toonkel, spokesman...English the official language of the United States since 1983. "If you speak Croatian...Ming Zhou, 16, who came to the United States four years ago, gets English tutoring help at Asian-American LEAD in Northwest. It helps immigrants...
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Berlin's Embrace of Immigrants a Success; German City's Housing Patternsupports Ethnic Assimilation

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, June 11, 2006

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...city of 3.3 million people of which 500,000 are immigrants. The German capital is an example of the success of ethnosocial assimilation. Photo by Getty Images A woman stopped to look at a display of clothing for conservative Muslim women in Berlin, which has...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: (assimilation and ("united states" OR america)) OR americanization

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Americanization

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

AMERICANIZATION term used to describe the movement...cent. whereby the immigrant in the United States was induced to assimilate American speech, ideals, traditions, and ways...to indoctrinate the immigrants into American ways. The coming of World War I with...characterized the campaign. When the United States entered into the war, Americanization...
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Continent

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...stationary, with the gradual addition of new material around a central nucleus. Another theory was called the continental assimilation hypothesis, where the ocean areas accumulate the denser elements, then subside to form basins. In the late 19th cent., George...
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Singer, Isaac Bashevis

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...alienation produced in Jews by the dissolution of values through assimilation with the Gentile world. His novels include Satan in Goray...1976), A Young Man in Search of Love (1978), Lost in America (1979), and Love and Exile (1984); biographies by P. Kresh...
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Jews

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Western Europe, this led to considerable acculturation, and even assimilation, of Jewish communities. The religious Reform movement advocated...the Jewish People (rev. ed. 1969); H. Feingold, Zion in America (1974); R. Seltzer, Jewish People, Jewish Thought (1981...
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Indian Reorganization Act

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Native Americans question its supposed purpose of gradual assimilation; their opposition reflects their efforts to reduce federal condescension in the treatment of Native Americans and their cultures. ____________________ Copyright 2009...

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