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[Review Of] Michael N. Dobkowski, Ed. Jewish American Voluntary Organizations, David M. Gradwohl Jan 1987

[Review Of] Michael N. Dobkowski, Ed. Jewish American Voluntary Organizations, David M. Gradwohl

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This encyclopedic reference work on Jewish sodalities is one of a series of Greenwood Press publications dealing with ethnic American voluntary organizations. Previously published volumes deal with Irish Americans and Hispanic Americans. Some 120 national and local organizations are summarized in alphabetical sequence, as it were, from aleph to sof, or in this case from Agudath Ha-Rabbanim (Union of Orthodox Rabbis of the United States and Canada) to the ZOA (Zionist Organization of America).

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[Review Of] Jamshid A. Momeni, Ed. Race, Ethnicity, And Minority Housing In The United States, Vagn K. Hansen Jan 1987

[Review Of] Jamshid A. Momeni, Ed. Race, Ethnicity, And Minority Housing In The United States, Vagn K. Hansen

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In virtually every U.S. city, residents are aware of ethnic divisions among the residential sections of the urban area. Demarcation of zones may he clear or nebulous, but it is present despite decades of "melting pot" rhetoric from opinion leaders. In this collection of articles edited by Jamshid A. Momeni of Howard University, contributors examine the relationship between ethnicity and the location and quality of housing in the United States.

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[Review Of] Gerri Hirshey. Nowhere To Run: The Story Of Soul Music, Gloria Eive Jan 1987

[Review Of] Gerri Hirshey. Nowhere To Run: The Story Of Soul Music, Gloria Eive

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Gerri Hirshey's book was conceived, according to her preface, as a series of literary spotlights, illuminating the world of "Soul Music" and the musicians whose performances and recordings created it. In its final form, the book became a collection of semi-biographical sketches combining loosely connected narrative with quotations from the stars themselves, transcribed from Hirshey's many interviews. Her expressed intent was to create "a book of voices" speaking of their music, their lives, their hopes, fears and expectations. The title is taken from the song made famous by Martha Reeves and the Vandellas (1965) and reflects emotions expressed by many …

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[Review Of] Marjorie Pryse And Hortense J. Spillers, Eds. Conjuring: Black Women, Fiction, And Literary Traditions, Cortland Auser Jan 1987

[Review Of] Marjorie Pryse And Hortense J. Spillers, Eds. Conjuring: Black Women, Fiction, And Literary Traditions, Cortland Auser

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The centrality of black women's fiction writers may have been a fact before the publication of Pryse's and Spiller's compilation, but this critical anthology establishes such fiction as a main literary current of late 20th century American literature. The writers included do more than enlighten; they exorcise racist and sexist stereotypes and restore many authors to rightful places of recognition where male critics (black and white) failed to place them.

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[Review Of] R. Carlos Nakai. Changes: Native American Flute Music And Cycles: Native American Flute Music, David M. Gradwohl Jan 1987

[Review Of] R. Carlos Nakai. Changes: Native American Flute Music And Cycles: Native American Flute Music, David M. Gradwohl

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Perhaps humans are most ethnocentric when it comes to matters of food and music. "Soul food" has become a dimension for defining ethnic groups -- the dishes may be chitlins, bagels, tacos or other such foods. As society becomes more open, these foods pass from the ghettos and barrios to the community at large. One would hope that some inter-ethnic group understanding and appreciation might accompany the sharing of varying gustatory pleasures. Music represents another dimension of ethnic group identity. As with learning to eat different foods, one might comprehend something of the spirit of another people by listening to …

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[Review Of] Pepetela (Artur Pestana). Mayombe: A Novel Of The Angolan Struggle, Charlotte H. Bruner Jan 1987

[Review Of] Pepetela (Artur Pestana). Mayombe: A Novel Of The Angolan Struggle, Charlotte H. Bruner

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Mayombe: A Novel of the Angolan Struggle, by Pepetela, is a story of a guerrilla base in 1971. The writer, Artur Carlos Maurício Pestana dos Santes, fought in Cabinda Province with the MPLA forces that he portrays.

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[Review Of] Alan Takeo Moriyama. Imingaisha: Japanese Emigration Companies And Hawaii 1894-1908, Donald L. Guimary Jan 1987

[Review Of] Alan Takeo Moriyama. Imingaisha: Japanese Emigration Companies And Hawaii 1894-1908, Donald L. Guimary

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When the sugar cane plantation owners in Hawaii realized how effective the immigrant Japanese workers were, the planters were faced with a decision. If they continued to bring in more workers, Hawaii could eventually have more Japanese living there than any other ethnic group. But if the planters did not bring in more Japanese, the production -- and profits -- might decline. Hence a decision was made to continue bringing in more laborers from Japan. The ethnic balance of Hawaii was changed. "In sum the planters chose to place the economic welfare of the plantations ahead of all other considerations."

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[Review Of] Dennis J. Starr. The Italians Of New Jersey: A Historical Introduction And Bibliography, Lucia C. Birnbaum Jan 1987

[Review Of] Dennis J. Starr. The Italians Of New Jersey: A Historical Introduction And Bibliography, Lucia C. Birnbaum

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This volume does not aim to be a definitive history of the Italians of New Jersey, but it is an excellent model of regionally grounded scholarship, offering not only the story of one state, but an excellent synthesis of the scholarship on the Italian role in that "greatest migration of peoples in history" to the new world at the end of the nineteenth century. "From 1891 to 1915 more Italians entered the United States than did immigrants from any other country."

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[Review Of] Ian Smart. Central American Writers Of West Indian Origin: A New Hispanic Literature, Laverne GonzáLez Jan 1987

[Review Of] Ian Smart. Central American Writers Of West Indian Origin: A New Hispanic Literature, Laverne GonzáLez

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Ian Smart has made, as he himself asserts in the "Author's Foreword," a very limited approach to the very complex body of literature written by Central American authors of West Indian origin. In fact one wonders if indeed his most insistent premises are verifiable: "the region comprises one cultural area in which common factors have forged a more or less common way of looking at life ... share an identifiable Weltanschauung." His emphasis lies on the commonness of the West Indian experiences which he perceives to be African. To be sure, there are many critics who would take issue with …

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[Review Of] Jules Tygiel. Baseball's Great Experiment: Jackie Robinson And His Legacy, Stewart Rodnon Jan 1987

[Review Of] Jules Tygiel. Baseball's Great Experiment: Jackie Robinson And His Legacy, Stewart Rodnon

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The relationship of black Americans to baseball has never been explained completely, Jules Tygiel believes, because previous accounts have failed to place the events and personalities "into a social or historical context." To rectify this, he has researched meticulously ( thirty-two pages of notes and references) the well-known Jackie Robinson story and widened his focus to deal with black Americans and their baseball athletes from 1945 to 1970. His thesis is that Jackie Robinson and professional baseball in general form a paradigm and a foreshadowing for the American integration process, particularly the civil rights movement of the 1960s.

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[Review Of] S. J. Tambiah. Sri Lanka: Ethnic Fratricide And The Dismantling Of Democracy, Proshanta K. Nandi Jan 1987

[Review Of] S. J. Tambiah. Sri Lanka: Ethnic Fratricide And The Dismantling Of Democracy, Proshanta K. Nandi

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Is it possible to analyze a political dilemma as convoluted and desperate as the turmoil existing today between the Sinhalese Buddhists and Tamil Hindus of Sri Lanka that has cost nearly 5,000 lives during the last five years alone? S. J. Tambiah succeeds most admirably in offering a clear assessment of historical, sociological, and other factors contributing to the current crisis in Sri Lanka. This is no mean feat considering that Tambiah is not a dispassionate observer but rather, as a Tamil, has experienced first-hand the effects of the increasing polarization of the two ethnic groups.

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[Review Of] Raymond J. Demallie. The Sixth Grandfather: Black Elk's Teachings Given To John G. Neihardt, Gretchen M. Bataille Jan 1987

[Review Of] Raymond J. Demallie. The Sixth Grandfather: Black Elk's Teachings Given To John G. Neihardt, Gretchen M. Bataille

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Although Black Elk Speaks was first published in 1932, it was not until the 1960s that the book gained widespread popularity and elicited the interest of serious scholars of literature, ethnology, and religion. DeMallie provides in this study a resource for further investigation of European influences on Lakota culture as well as the raw material for analysis of Neihardt's role in the final production of Black Elk Speaks.

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[Review Of] Wen-Shing Tseng And David Y. H. Wu, Eds. Chinese Culture And Mental Health, Ella P. Lacey Jan 1987

[Review Of] Wen-Shing Tseng And David Y. H. Wu, Eds. Chinese Culture And Mental Health, Ella P. Lacey

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Tseng and Wu have performed a creditable task in editing this book that involved twenty-nine delegates from the Conference on Chinese Culture and Mental Health (Hawaii, 1982). Their purpose was to have "insiders" produce a definitive work on the Chinese culture and its interaction with the mental component of health. The Chinese are described in the preface as "having a history of at least 5000 years of civilization," with China comprising "... one quarter of the world's people," but having people of the Chinese culture who live in various geographical areas, including "... Mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia, …

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[Review Of] Paul Espinoza, Producer. The Lemon Grove Incident, Freddy Dean Jan 1987

[Review Of] Paul Espinoza, Producer. The Lemon Grove Incident, Freddy Dean

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The Lemon Grove Incident is a compelling and informative presentation of how the members of the local school board in Lemon Grove, California, attempted to implement de jure segregation of American citizens of Mexican American descent in 1930. The narratives of actual participants -- victims in the incident -- enhance the authenticity of the presentation and guide the viewer through the convoluted Machiavellianism of the Lemon Grove School Board and its supporting satellites, the Lemon Grove Parent Teacher Association (PTA) and Chamber of Commerce as well as the federal government.

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[Review Of] Joe R. Feagin And Clairece Booher Feagin. Discrimination American Style: Institutional Racism And Sexism, 2nd Ed., Margaret A. Laughlin Jan 1987

[Review Of] Joe R. Feagin And Clairece Booher Feagin. Discrimination American Style: Institutional Racism And Sexism, 2nd Ed., Margaret A. Laughlin

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Discrimination American Style seeks to answer two basic questions: "Why do women, blacks, and other minorities experience discrimination in the United States?" and "What types of discriminatory behaviors continue in practice today?" Feagin and Feagin attempt to integrate existing research on issues of racism and sexism which focuses on the overall theme of institutional discrimination. They examine similarities and differences between racist and sexist behaviors and practices in order to determine whether or not discrimination exists, and if so, to what degree. They reject the popular belief that prejudice and bigotry are causes of discrimination and argue that practices which …

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[Review Of] Michelle Cliff. The Land Of Look Behind, Aisha Eshe Jan 1987

[Review Of] Michelle Cliff. The Land Of Look Behind, Aisha Eshe

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Passing and its effect on the individual is one of the themes that Michelle Cliff explores in her book, The Land of Look Behind. Passing is a recurring theme in much of the literature written by people of color both past and present. In much of this literature passing is detrimental to the character. In her attempt to hide her color, Clare Kendry from Nella Larsen's Passing destroys her inner self long before her actual death. When a person does not have a developed sense of self-identity, the self can be lost within any situation.

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[Review Of] June Jordan. On Call: Political Essays, Linda M. C. Abbott Jan 1987

[Review Of] June Jordan. On Call: Political Essays, Linda M. C. Abbott

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With the publication of her second book of political essays, internationally acclaimed poet June Jordan has established herself as an important spokesperson for the "First World" viewpoint. Just as she reasonably insists on referring to the majority population as "First World" rather than the more familiar "Third World," so she opens many common assumptions in cross-cultural and international relations to examination and re-evaluation.

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[Review Of] Joseph P. Fitzpatrick. Puerto Rican Americans: The Meaning Of Migration To The Mainland (2nd Edition), Jesse M. Vazquez Jan 1987

[Review Of] Joseph P. Fitzpatrick. Puerto Rican Americans: The Meaning Of Migration To The Mainland (2nd Edition), Jesse M. Vazquez

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Joseph Fitzpatrick's second edition of Puerto Rican Americans returns to a form familiar to readers of the literature that emerged during the 1950s and 60s. In that sense, Fitzpatrick's new edition is comprehensive, multifaceted and filled with supporting data touching almost every aspect of the life of the Puerto Rican migrant in the United States. In this new edition, Fitzpatrick builds on the solid foundation of his earlier work (1971). While occasionally leaving himself vulnerable to his critics, as he did in his first edition, this new effort represents a significant contribution to the on-going dialogue and analysis of the …

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[Review Of] Roger Daniels, Sandra C. Taylor, And Harry H. L. Kitano, Eds. Japanese Americans: From Relocation To Redress, Victor N. Okada Jan 1987

[Review Of] Roger Daniels, Sandra C. Taylor, And Harry H. L. Kitano, Eds. Japanese Americans: From Relocation To Redress, Victor N. Okada

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This collection of previously unpublished essays grew out of a conference in Salt Lake City in 1983 on the incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II and the issue of redress. It includes essays by the three editors and contributions, some no more than brief notes, by twenty-seven individuals. It also includes a detailed chronology of Japanese-American history and comprehensive bibliographical notes.

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[Review Of] Maria Estes Sanchez . Chicana Poetry: A Critical Approach To An Emerging Literature, Glen M. Kraig Jan 1987

[Review Of] Maria Estes Sanchez . Chicana Poetry: A Critical Approach To An Emerging Literature, Glen M. Kraig

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Sanchez's reason for writing this book was to "contribute to an emerging body of literature that traditionally has had no voice in dominant academic discourse, ... [and to work] toward an understanding of the ambiguities suggested in the identities of the Chicano Scholar and the Chicana Feminist." There is no question that the author has been successful.

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[Review Of] James D. Cockcroft. Outlaws In The Promised Land: Mexican Immigrant Workers And America's Future, Arthur Ramirez Jan 1987

[Review Of] James D. Cockcroft. Outlaws In The Promised Land: Mexican Immigrant Workers And America's Future, Arthur Ramirez

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In place of myths about Mexican immigrant workers, Cockcroft establishes several well-founded realities. One is that the border is porous because U.S. business interests want it that way so they can have cheap labor to exploit as needed by means of a border " revolving door." Another is that there is such an interrelated U.S.-Mexico economy, achieved through "silent integration," that in effect the border is a legal fiction. A third is that Mexican " undocumented" workers contribute substantially more to the U.S. economy than they take out. A fourth is that U.S. immigration policy is not at all simple …

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[Review Of] John A. Grim. The Shaman: Patterns Of Siberian And Ojibway Healing, Ronald N. Satz Jan 1987

[Review Of] John A. Grim. The Shaman: Patterns Of Siberian And Ojibway Healing, Ronald N. Satz

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John A. Grim utilizes the methodology of the fields of anthropology, mythology, psychology, and sociology to elucidate the religious meaning of shamanism as exemplified in Siberian and Ojibway societies. Although shamans have long been viewed as primordial religious personalities, a comprehensive interpretation of the shamanic religious experience has been lacking. This book provides important insights that will be of interest to scholars and general readers interested in the American Indian religious experience.

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[Review Of] Edward D. Beechert. Working In Hawaii: A Labor History, Patricia Grimshaw Jan 1987

[Review Of] Edward D. Beechert. Working In Hawaii: A Labor History, Patricia Grimshaw

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For those interested in ethnic experience, the history of Hawaii offers unique insight. Initially a Polynesian island group, with a population related culturally to inhabitants of islands as far afield as Easter Island, New Zealand and Tahiti, Hawaii from the late eighteenth century onwards became the home of Americans, Europeans, Portuguese, Filipinos, Chinese and Japanese, all drawn there for differing reasons. When to this ethnic and racial variation, the complex permutations of class and gender are added, observers of Hawaii's past are witness to a rich range of inter-cultural encounters. In Working in Hawaii, Edward Beechert's particular focus is the …

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[Review Of] Vine Deloria, Jr., Ed. A Sender Of Words: Essays In Memory Of John G. Neihardt, Helen Jaskoski Jan 1987

[Review Of] Vine Deloria, Jr., Ed. A Sender Of Words: Essays In Memory Of John G. Neihardt, Helen Jaskoski

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John Neihardt was like James Boswell: each man's genius -- and it is a rare one -- lay in recognizing, respecting and calling forth the greater genius of another. Neihardt’s task was easier; he was nearly the sole arbiter of Black Elk's communication, with little to fear from comparison with other accounts, but also harder. He faced barriers in personal knowledge, tastes, values and language, as well as a public unprepared to accept his mentor's worth. This book pays tribute to Neihardt and appropriately is not a "balanced" appraisal but an appreciation of his best. However, despite claims for his …

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[Review Of] Joanne V. Gabbin. Sterling A. Brown: Building The Black Aesthetic Tradition, Jean Walker Jan 1987

[Review Of] Joanne V. Gabbin. Sterling A. Brown: Building The Black Aesthetic Tradition, Jean Walker

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Numerous and diverse agendas have competed for consideration in attempts to establish and set the parameters of the black aesthetic tradition. W.E.B. DuBois and James Weldon Johnson are only two of several prominent Americans who have participated in this continuing and frequently intense dialogue. Yet perhaps no voice has been more consistently consulted and valued than that of Sterling A. Brown, distinguished teacher, scholar, poet, and critic. Despite the general acknowledgement of Brown's contributions to American literature in general and black American literature in particular, comprehensive scholarly analyses of his unique contributions have been limited. Joanne V. Gabbin addresses this …

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[Review Of] Rayna Green, Ed. That's What She Said: Contemporary Poetry And Fiction By Native American Women, Helen Jaskoski Jan 1987

[Review Of] Rayna Green, Ed. That's What She Said: Contemporary Poetry And Fiction By Native American Women, Helen Jaskoski

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This book begins to meet a significant need; ignorance of writings by women of color prevails throughout the American academic/literary establishment, most instructors being unacquainted even with writers like Leslie Silko and Louise Erdrich. Rayna Green's most important accomplishment may be that her anthology introduces serious readers to Native American women's writing. The collection comprises generous samplings from seventeen contemporary authors writing in English: seven pieces of fiction and almost 200 poems. Silko's work is absent, apparently because of copyright problems; writers represented include Erdrich, Paula Gunn Allen, Wendy Rose, Shirley Hill Witt, Linda Hogan, Joy Harjo, Carol Lee Sanchez.

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[Review Of] Jerrald Asao Hiura, Ed. The Hawk's Well, Victor Okada Jan 1987

[Review Of] Jerrald Asao Hiura, Ed. The Hawk's Well, Victor Okada

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Given the paucity of Japanese·American art and literature in print, one can only welcome this collection of poetry, short fiction, black-and-white prints and drawings, and calligraphy. The reader should be advised, however, that the title may seem to promise more than the book delivers; only five artists and five authors (poems by four and a short story by another) are included here. The volume thus does not provide a wide sampling of art or literature.

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[Review Of] Lenwood G. Davis, With The Assistance Of Marsha L. Moore. Malcolm X: A Selected Bibliography, James Gray Jan 1987

[Review Of] Lenwood G. Davis, With The Assistance Of Marsha L. Moore. Malcolm X: A Selected Bibliography, James Gray

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Malcolm X's central role in contemporary black thought and life means that students of history, sociology, religion, politics, and literature (to begin a list) must study him carefully. This volume provides a useful starting place, and every reasonable public collection should have a copy. Unfortunately, the cost and several shortcomings limit its use for personal libraries.

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[Review Of] David Greenslade. Welsh Feuer, Phillips G. Davies Jan 1987

[Review Of] David Greenslade. Welsh Feuer, Phillips G. Davies

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Greenslade' s rather mod title underlines his main thesis -- namely, that ethnic consciousness among Welsh descendants in North America is very high indeed. Both his own evidence and my own observations convince me that he is perfectly justified in his assertion. The one thing he does not really address is "why?"

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[Review Of] Paul J. Strand And Woodrow Jones, Jr. Indochinese Refugees In America: Problems Of Adaptation And Assimilation, Russell Endo Jan 1987

[Review Of] Paul J. Strand And Woodrow Jones, Jr. Indochinese Refugees In America: Problems Of Adaptation And Assimilation, Russell Endo

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Since the fall of Saigon in 1975, over three-quarters of a million Indochinese refugees have come to the United States. Numerous studies have been conducted on their adjustment to American society and on resettlement policies and programs. This book covers these very topics and is organized into three sections. The first part provides some background on the cultures and political histories of the major Indochinese groups and on federal and state policies and programs. The second investigates problems experienced by the Indochinese, particularly with regard to their health, education, language abilities, and employment and is based on a 1981 needs …

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