| Marketing the American Creed Abroad: Diasporas in the U.S. and Their Homelands Contributor(s): Shain, Yossi (Author) |
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ISBN: 1139175114 ISBN-13: 9781139175111 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $178.50 Product Type: Other - Other Formats Published: June 2021 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Minority Studies - Political Science | Civil Rights - Political Science | American Government - General |
| Dewey: 323.042 |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Ethnic Orientation - Chicano |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book examines the interaction of domestic and foreign issues in the lives of ethnic Americans. Arguing that the damaging impact of ethnic influences on U.S. foreign affairs has been overstated and misrepresented, Shain brings a new dimension to the public debate on multiculturalism by exploring its transnational aspects. Ethnic groups, despite residual attachments to their homelands, do not betray American political values and ideals, but, on the contrary, their involvement in homeland related affairs has been instrumental in their dissemination inside and outside the U.S.. Shain evaluates ethnic groups in the U.S. from a broad theoretical and comparative perspective, and his case studies include, among others, Arab-Americans, Mexican-Americans, and African-Americans. |