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Why can't they be like us? America's white ethnic groups
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- Summary
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Surveys the beliefs, nature, and values of white ethnic groups living in the United States.
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- Creator
- by Andrew M. Greeley
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- [First edition]
- New York : E.P. Dutton, 1971
- Physical Details
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- 223 pages ; 22 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780525233701, 0525233709
- OCLC
- ocm00135350
- Incorporates substantial portions of the author's Why can't they be like us? published in 1969 by the Institute of Human Relations Press of the American Jewish Committee.
- Bibliography: pages 216-218.
- A nation of immigrants -- What is an ethnic? -- The functions of ethnicity -- Steps in ethnic assimilation -- Competition among ethnic groups -- "We" and "They": the differences linger -- Religion and ethnicity -- Social turf -- One neighborhood -- Intellectuals as an ethnic group -- The Irish: an ambivalent view of one ethnic group from the inside -- Ethnicity and tribalism -- The alienation of white ethnic groups -- The future of ethnic groups -- Conclusion: Problem or promise