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The Changing Perception of America’s National Identity with Regard to Ethnic Diversity

Name: The Changing Perception of America’s National Identity with Regard to Ethnic Diversity
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Author: Pet Er
ISBN: 978-3-656-26383-8

Seminar Paper, 2012

23 Pages

Pet Er (Author)

Excerpt

1. Introduction

2. America’s National Identity

3. The Difficulty of Finding an Overarching National Identity
3.1 Immigration
3.1.1 The First Wave: Colonial Immigration
3.1.2 The Second Wave: Old Immigration
3.1.3 The Third Wave: New Immigration
3.2 Today’s Racial and Ethnic Demography of the USA
3.3 First Roundup: Immigrants, Heterogeneity and National Identity

4. Concepts of National Identity in the Past
4.1 Assimilation trough Ethnic Blending: The Melting Pot
4.2 Assimilation through Americanization
4.3 American Nationalism and Anglo-Saxon Racism
4.4 Cultural Pluralism and the Salad Bowl

5. Second Roundup: U.S. National Identity Today

6. Final Note

7. References

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Title: The Changing Perception of America’s National Identity with Regard to Ethnic Diversity
Author: Pet Er (Author)
Year: 2012
Pages: 23
Catalog Number: V199988
ISBN (eBook): 9783656262862
ISBN (Book): 9783656263838
File size: 634 KB
Language: German
Keywords: National Identity, Nationale Identität, America, USA, American Identity, Multicultural America, Multicultural USA, American Diversity, ethnicity, identity, ethnic diversity, immigration, waves of immigration, race, racial diversity, demography, demography of USA, heterogeneity, assimilation, americanization, Americaness, Melting Pot, Salad Bowl, ethnic blending, nationalism, american nationalism, Anglo-Saxon-Racism, pluralism, cultural pluralism

Quote paper: Pet Er (Author), 2012, The Changing Perception of America’s National Identity with Regard to Ethnic Diversity, Munich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/199988

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