Ethnic Families in America
Pearson
978-0-205-86355-6 (ISBN)
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Reflecting the social and political dynamics in the United States, this edited volume offers an inclusive look at multicultural diversity in the U.S. with extensive coverage of the family life styles, traditions and values of seventeen American ethnic groups.
Providing unique and personal insights, each chapter is written by a contributing author representing a particular ethnic group and is structured in a similar pattern - covering the historical background, key ethnic cultural components, traditional and current ethnic family characteristics, and changes and adaptations to the ethnic family and culture. The book is suitable for undergraduate courses in Sociology of the Family, Sociology of Minority Groups, Social Work with Minority Groups, and Race and Ethnicity.
Learning Goals
Upon completing this book, readers should be able to:
Have a better understanding at the multicultural diversity of families in the United States
Have a deeper understanding of family life styles, traditions, and values of a wide range of ethnic families in America
Preface
Contributors
Part I: Setting the Stage
Chapter 1: Diversity Among American Ethnic Minorities
Roosevelt Wright
Charles H. Mindel
Jeanette R. Davidson
Chapter 2: A "Then and Now" Overview of the Immigrant Family in America
Charles A. Mindel Robert W. Habenstein
Part II: European Ethnic Families
Chapter 3: The Irish-American Family
Patricia J. Fanning
Chapter 4: The Greek-American Family
Anna Karpathakis
Chapter 5: The Italian-American Family
Danielle Battisti
Chapter 6: The Polish-American Family
Mary Patrice Erdmans
Part Three: Hispanic / Latino Ethnic Families
Chapter 7: The Mexican-American Family
Rosina M. Becerra
Chapter 8: The Cuban-American Family
Zulema E. Suarez
Rose M. Perez
Chapter 9: The Puerto Rican-American Family
Lirio K. Negroni
Chapter 10: The Dominican-American Family
Ramona Hernandez
Part IV: Asian American Ethnic Families
Chapter 11: The Korean-American family
Pyong Gap Min
Chigon Kim
Chapter 12: The Vietnamese-American Family
Thanh Van Tran Phu Tai Phan
Chapter 13: The Chinese-American Family
Morrison G. Wong
Chapter 14: The Japanese-American Family
Arthur Sakamoto ChangHwan Kim
Isao Takei
Chapter 15: The Filipino-American Family
Carl L. Bankston III
Chapter 16: The Asian Indian-American Family
Uma A. Segal
Part V: Historically Subjugated Ethnic Families
Chapter 17: The African-American Family
Dwain A. Pellebon
Chapter 18: The Native American Indian Family
Robert John
Part VI: Socio-Religious Ethnic Families
Chapter 19: The Jewish-American Family
Charles H. Mindel
Bernard Farber
Bernard Lazerwitz
Chapter 20: The Amish-American Family
Donald B. Kraybill Gertrude Enders Huntington
Chapter 21: The Mormon-American Family
David C. Dollahite
Chapter 22: The Muslim-American Family
Bahira Sherif Trask
Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 21.2.2013 |
|---|---|
| Sprache | englisch |
| Gewicht | 862 g |
| Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Mikrosoziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-205-86355-8 / 0205863558 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-205-86355-6 / 9780205863556 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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