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ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED099452 AUTHOR: Greeley, Andrew M.
TITLE: Ethnicity in the United States: A Preliminary
Reconnaissance.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1974
NOTE: 347 p.; Series in Urban Research
AVAILABILITY: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 605 Third Avenue,
New
York, New York 10016 ($14.95, cloth)
ABSTRACT: The Center for the Study of American Pluralism at
the National Opinion Research Center has devoted two years
mostly to secondary analysis of existing data to clarify
what seemed to be the important ethnic issues in American
society and to create a more solid ground for further
primary research. This book is a record of those two years.
The first chapter is a statement of the preliminary
organizing impressions with which the author and his
colleagues began. In Chapter II, both their data and their
thinking are gathered together in what might be considered
the beginning of a theoretical perspective. The intervening
chapters recount the journey from the impressions of
Chapter I to the perspective of Chapter II. Finally,
attention is focused on the social policy implications of
the "new" ethnic consciousness in the U. S. The questions
asked about ethnic diversity are: (1) Who and Where are the
ethnics, and how many of them are there? (Chapter 2); (2)
Are American ethnic groups really the bearers of culture?
Do they keep alive cultural traditions of the Old World?
(Chapter 3); (3) Is the "ethnic factor" simply another
version of the "religious factor"? (Chapter 5); (4) Does
ethnicity make any difference in human behavior? (Chapters
4, 6, and 8); (5) How are ethnic differences transmitted
from generation to generation? (Chapter 7); and, (6) Are
the white ethnics racists, bigots, hawks, and hard hats
(Chapters 9 and 10).
(Author/JM)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Ethnic-Distribution; Ethnic-Groups; Ethnic
Status; Political-Affiliation; Racial-Attitudes; Religious
Factors; Social-Attitudes; Socialization-; Social-Planning;
Whites-
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Cultural-Influences; *Ethnic-Relations;
*Ethnic-Studies; *Social-Behavior; *Surveys-
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