The Creation of an Ethnic Identity

The Creation of an Ethnic Identity
Author: Blanck, Dag
Publisher: SIU Press
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2006
Genre: Immigrants
ISBN: 9780809389513

"In his book, Dag Blanck analyzes how Swedish American identity was constructed, maintained, and changed in the Augustana Synod from 1860 to 1917. The author poses three fundamental questions: How did an ethnic identity develop in the Augustana synod? Of what did that ethnic identity consist? Why did that ethnic identity come into being?" "[summary]"--Provided by publisher

The Ethnic Enigma

The Ethnic Enigma
Author: Peter Kivisto
Publisher: Balch Institute Press
Total Pages: 198
Release: 1989
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780944190036

This collection seeks to advance understanding of the shifting character and salience of ethnicity by abandoning the debate between the assimilationist and the cultural pluralist. The case studies presented define culture as a flexible tool, ethnicity as a complex and variable phenomenon, and social actors as knowledgeable agents who make their own history

Yearbook

Yearbook
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 540
Release: 1907
Genre: Swedish Americans
ISBN:

The First Thanksgiving

The First Thanksgiving
Author: Robert Tracy McKenzie
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Total Pages: 235
Release: 2013-05-20
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0830895663

Veteran historian Robert Tracy McKenzie sets aside centuries of legend and political stylization to present the mixed blessing that was the first Thanksgiving. Like good narrative history, McKenzie's critical account of our Pilgrim ancestors confronts us with our own unresolved issues of national and spiritual identity.