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Tapestry : the history and consequences of America's complex culture /
"Ethnic minorities are about to become 'the majority.' We need to become more conscious of the complex minority cultural influences that have long been working in the background. The many threads create a richly interwoven social fabric that allows for varied views on economic relatio...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Algora Publishing,
2014.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction to America's complex culture
- American ethnocentrism & the myth of American exceptionalism
- Native roots
- Latinos, Hispanics, Chicanos, Tejanos, and Nuyoricans
- African-American culture
- Asian-Americans
- The European-Americans
- Canadian-Americans, Jewish-Americans, Polynesians and mixed races
- The American language
- American religion and belief systems
- Regional cultures
- The 1950s
- Bohemians, Beatniks, Hippies, and the 1960s counterculture
- Radio & television
- The theatre & movies
- Literacy, education and literature
- Blues and jazz
- American gun culture
- American military culture
- American oil culture
- Class & culture
- Immigration, migration and mobility
- American cyber culture
- The American cult of personality
- American economics and the religion of capitalism
- Anti-communism the ultimate in American xenophobia
- Conclusions from American culture.