New Hampshire

New Hampshire

Author: Joanne Mattern

Publisher: Gareth Stevens

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 52

ISBN-13: 9780836851557

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Describes the history, people, geography, economy, government, state events and attractions, social life and customs, and notable people of New Hampshire.


Greek Americans

Greek Americans

Author: Charles C. Moskos

Publisher: Transaction Publishers

Published: 1989-01-01

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13: 1412824834

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This is an engrossing account of Greek Americans--their history, strengths, conflicts, aspirations, and contributions. This is the story of immigrants, their children and grandchildren, most of whom maintain an attachment to Greek ethnic identity even as they have become one of this country's most successful ethnic groups.


Coming Out Jewish

Coming Out Jewish

Author: Jon Stratton

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2003-09-02

Total Pages: 331

ISBN-13: 113459707X

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Like many Jews of our generation, Jon Stratton grew up in a family more concerned about assimilation than about preserving Jewish tradition. While he could easily 'pass' among non-Jews, he found himself increasingly torn between his fear of not belonging and a deeply-felt commitment to his family's past. Coming Out Jewish examines the unique challenge of constructing an identity amid the clash between ethnicity and conformity. For many Jews, the idea of full assimilation ended with the Holocaust. But the pressure to adapt to the mainstream, Stratton eloquently argues, remains powerful, especially for those with anglicized names, assimilationist parents, a history of recent immigration, or ambivalent experiences of themselves as Jews. With reference to the work of Daniel Boyarin, Ien Ang, and Homi Bhabha, among others, Stratton offers fresh analysis on a wide range of topics, including the Jewish origins of pluralism in the US, anti-Semitism in Germany, the Jewishness of sitcoms like Seinfeld, and the Yiddishization of American culture since World War II. More than a book about Jews and Jewishness, Coming Out Jewish smartly and accurately mines the Jewish experience in the West to give voice to the issues of migration, Diaspora, assimilation and identity that affect those, displaced and 'othered', around the world.