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Title The tribal basis of American life : racial, religious, and ethnic groups in conflict / edited by Murray Friedman and Nancy Isserman ; foreword by Stephen Steinlight
Published Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 1998

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Description viii, 168 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Contents Foreword / Stephen Steinlight -- 1. The Tribal Basis of American Life / Murray Friedman -- 2. Immigration, Pluralism, and Public Policy / Gary E. Rubin -- 3. The Religious Roots of the Culture Wars: How Competing Moral Visions Fuel Cultural Conflict / James Davison Hunter and Kimon Howland Sargeant -- 4. The Tribes of Brooklyn: Race, Class, and Ethnicity in the Crown Heights Riots / Jonathan Rieder -- 5. The Persistence of Anti-Asian Hatred / Gary Y. Okihiro -- 6. The Dynamics of American Intergroup Conflict and Responses to Bigotry / Philip Perlmutter -- 7. Becoming Insiders: Factors Affecting the Creation and Maintenance of Boundaries for New Immigrants / Judith Goode -- 8. Ethnic Conflict at Home and Abroad: The United States in Comparative Perspective / James Kurth -- 9. How Should We Talk about Intergroup Conflict? / Nathan Glazer
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Group identity -- United States -- Congresses.
Group identity -- United States.
Social groups -- United States -- Congresses.
Social groups -- United States.
SUBJECT United States -- Ethnic relations http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140043 -- Congresses. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001533
United States -- Ethnic relations. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140043
United States -- Race relations -- Congresses. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007100448
United States -- Race relations. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140494
Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings.
Author Friedman, Murray I., 1926-
Isserman, Nancy, 1951-
LC no. 97034752
ISBN 0275959708 (alk. paper)