Reinventing the Melting Pot
The New Immigrants and What It Means To Be American
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Sociology
| Author: | Tamar Jacoby | ISBN: | 9780786729739 |
| Publisher: | Basic Books | Publication: | April 28, 2009 |
| Imprint: | Basic Books | Language: | English |
| Author: | Tamar Jacoby |
| ISBN: | 9780786729739 |
| Publisher: | Basic Books |
| Publication: | April 28, 2009 |
| Imprint: | Basic Books |
| Language: | English |
In Reinventing the Melting Pot, twenty-one of the writers who have thought longest and hardest about immigration come together around a surprising consensus: yes, immigrant absorption still works-and given the number of newcomers arriving today, the nation's future depends on it. But it need not be incompatible with ethnic identity-and we as a nation need to find new ways to talk about and encourage becoming American. In the wake of 9/11 it couldn't be more important to help these newcomers find a way to fit in. Running through these essays is a single common theme: Although ethnicity plays a more important role now than ever before, today's newcomers can and will become Americans and enrich our national life-reinventing the melting pot and reminding us all what we have in common.
In Reinventing the Melting Pot, twenty-one of the writers who have thought longest and hardest about immigration come together around a surprising consensus: yes, immigrant absorption still works-and given the number of newcomers arriving today, the nation's future depends on it. But it need not be incompatible with ethnic identity-and we as a nation need to find new ways to talk about and encourage becoming American. In the wake of 9/11 it couldn't be more important to help these newcomers find a way to fit in. Running through these essays is a single common theme: Although ethnicity plays a more important role now than ever before, today's newcomers can and will become Americans and enrich our national life-reinventing the melting pot and reminding us all what we have in common.
