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- catalog abstract "In The Unmaking of Americans, John J. Miller draws on lessons from the Americanization movement of the early 20th century, which helped the Ellis Island generation of immigrants adapt to their new home. In doing so, Miller makes the first modern defense of a patriotic social crusade that many "tenured radicals" have come to scorn as nothing more than a gentrified form of ethnic cleansing. Miller sets out to convince conservatives concerned about immigration that the real threat to American unity is not the huddled masses of hard-working newcomers, but longstanding left-wing policies that actively inhibit assimilation. Proponents of bilingual education refuse to teach children in English, racial preferences encourage harmful group loyalties, welfare rules threaten the work ethic, and the citizenship process is under constant pressure from people who want to dumb it down. The Unmaking of Americans reveals where and how the system of assimilation fell apart - and lays out a specific plan of action for correcting the problem that conservatives, libertarians, and sensible liberals can support.".
- catalog contributor b10670601.
- catalog created "1998.".
- catalog date "1998".
- catalog date "1998.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1998.".
- catalog description "Americanization and its enemies -- The American Idea -- The rise of Americanization -- The fall of Americanization -- Americanization's resurgence and undoing -- The problem of group rights -- The naturalizers -- The failure of bilingual education -- Americanization on the job -- An Americanization manifesto.".
- catalog description "In The Unmaking of Americans, John J. Miller draws on lessons from the Americanization movement of the early 20th century, which helped the Ellis Island generation of immigrants adapt to their new home. In doing so, Miller makes the first modern defense of a patriotic social crusade that many "tenured radicals" have come to scorn as nothing more than a gentrified form of ethnic cleansing. Miller sets out to convince conservatives concerned about immigration that the real threat to American unity is not the huddled masses of hard-working newcomers, but longstanding left-wing policies that actively inhibit assimilation. Proponents of bilingual education refuse to teach children in English, racial preferences encourage harmful group loyalties, welfare rules threaten the work ethic, and the citizenship process is under constant pressure from people who want to dumb it down. The Unmaking of Americans reveals where and how the system of assimilation fell apart - and lays out a specific plan of action for correcting the problem that conservatives, libertarians, and sensible liberals can support.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog extent "x, 293 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Unmaking of Americans.".
- catalog identifier "068483622X".
- catalog isFormatOf "Unmaking of Americans.".
- catalog issued "1998".
- catalog issued "1998.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Free Press,".
- catalog relation "Unmaking of Americans.".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "306.4/0973 21".
- catalog subject "Acculturation United States.".
- catalog subject "Americanization.".
- catalog subject "Cultural Diversity United States.".
- catalog subject "E184.A1 M527 1998".
- catalog subject "Multiculturalism United States.".
- catalog subject "Public Policy United States.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Americanization and its enemies -- The American Idea -- The rise of Americanization -- The fall of Americanization -- Americanization's resurgence and undoing -- The problem of group rights -- The naturalizers -- The failure of bilingual education -- Americanization on the job -- An Americanization manifesto.".
- catalog title "The unmaking of Americans : how multiculturalism has undermined the assimilation ethic / John J. Miller.".
- catalog type "text".