Out of the melting pot, into the fire : multiculturalism in the world's past and America's future /
Heycke, Jens Kurt, 1961-
Out of the melting pot, into the fire : multiculturalism in the world's past and America's future / Jens Kurt Heycke. - First American edition. - xi, 271 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
A brief introduction to the melting pot -- Lessons from Byzantine race riots -- The roman melting pot -- The multiculturalist Mexica -- Islam, from melting pot to millet -- The Balkans--millet, multiculturalism, and murder -- Ethnic identity cards and genocide in Rwanda -- From serendipity to calamity in Sri Lanka -- From color bar to colorblind in Botswana -- The social and economic costs of ethnic division -- Conclusion.
"The melting pot metaphor has been the prevailing ideal for integrating new citizens throughout most of America's history. Yet contemporary elites often reject it as antiquated or even racist and advocate replacing it with multiculturalism. This book informs the debate over multiculturalism and the melting pot with an essential international and historical perspective. It evaluates how the melting pot and multicultural models have worked out in other societies around the world over 2,500 years of history: it provides a multicultural look at the melting pot and multiculturalism"--
9781641773195 1641773197
2022032761
GBC344388 bnb
020972460 Uk
Multiculturalism--History.
Multiculturalism--History.--United States
Ethnic relations--Political aspects.
United States--Race relations--History.
Out of the melting pot, into the fire : multiculturalism in the world's past and America's future / Jens Kurt Heycke. - First American edition. - xi, 271 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
A brief introduction to the melting pot -- Lessons from Byzantine race riots -- The roman melting pot -- The multiculturalist Mexica -- Islam, from melting pot to millet -- The Balkans--millet, multiculturalism, and murder -- Ethnic identity cards and genocide in Rwanda -- From serendipity to calamity in Sri Lanka -- From color bar to colorblind in Botswana -- The social and economic costs of ethnic division -- Conclusion.
"The melting pot metaphor has been the prevailing ideal for integrating new citizens throughout most of America's history. Yet contemporary elites often reject it as antiquated or even racist and advocate replacing it with multiculturalism. This book informs the debate over multiculturalism and the melting pot with an essential international and historical perspective. It evaluates how the melting pot and multicultural models have worked out in other societies around the world over 2,500 years of history: it provides a multicultural look at the melting pot and multiculturalism"--
9781641773195 1641773197
2022032761
GBC344388 bnb
020972460 Uk
Multiculturalism--History.
Multiculturalism--History.--United States
Ethnic relations--Political aspects.
United States--Race relations--History.