The ethnic myth : race, ethnicity, and class in America / Stephen Steinberg.
| Author/creator | Steinberg, Stephen |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | Updated and expanded ed. |
| Publication Info | Boston : Beacon Press, 1989. |
| Description | xiv, 317 pages ; 21 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Publisher description |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction: The new ethnicity in historical perspective -- The ignominious origins of ethnic pluralism in America -- The ethnic crisis in American society -- The new Darwinism -- The myth of ethnic success : the Jewish Horatio Alger story -- The culture of poverty reconsidered -- Education and ethnic mobility : the myth of Jewish intellectualism and Catholic anti-intellectualism -- Why Irish became domestics and Italians and Jews did not -- The "iron law of ethnicity" revised -- The reconstruction of black servitude after the Civil War -- Racial and ethnic conflict in the twentieth century -- The "Jewish problem" in American higher education -- Dilemmas and contradictions of ethnic pluralism in America -- Epilogue: Ethnic heroes and racial villains in American social science. |
| Local note | Little-473003--305131068640. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Steinberg, Stephen. Ethnic myth. Updated and expanded ed. Boston : Beacon Press, 1989 |
| LCCN | 89042587 |
| ISBN | 0807041513 |
| ISBN | 9780807041512 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | E184.A1 S794 1989 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |