American Mosaic,9780395718995

American Mosaic

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Table of Contents

Preface xi
Early Immigrants In Search of the Land of Milk and Honey
3(86)
Setting the Historical and Cultural Context
4(4)
Beginning: Pre-reading/Writing
8(76)
The Bill of Rights
9(3)
In the American Storm
12(8)
Constantine Panuzio
Facing the Great Desolation
20(13)
Ole Edvart Rolvaag
The Fat of the Land
33(18)
Anzia Yezierska
I Speak My Own Piece
51(8)
Elizabeth Gurley Flynn
Attitudes Toward Acculturation in the English Fiction of the Jewish Immigrant, 1900--1917
59(12)
David M. Fine
Beyond the Stereotype: A New Look at the Immigrant Woman, 1880--1924
71(13)
Maxine S. Seller
Connecting: Critical Thinking and Writing
84(5)
References and Additional Sources
86(3)
Chinese Immigrants The Lure of the Gold Mountain
89(66)
Setting the Historical and Cultural Context
90(4)
Beginning: Pre-reading/Writing
94(56)
From The Chinese Exclusion Act
95(3)
From The Gold Mountain Poems
98(4)
In the Land of the Free
102(8)
Sui Sin Far
Father Cures a Presidential Fever
110(12)
Pardee Lowe
The Grandfather of the Sierra Nevada Mountains
122(20)
Maxine Hong Kingston
The World of Our Grandmothers
142(8)
Connie Young Yu
Connecting: Critical Thinking and Writing
150(5)
References and Additional Sources
152(3)
African Americans The Migration North and the Harlem Renaissance
155(72)
Setting the Historical and Cultural Context
156(5)
Beginning: Pre-reading/writing
161(62)
From The Constitution of South Carolina
162(2)
The New Negro
164(11)
Alain Locke
The Gilded Six-Bits
175(10)
Zora Neale Hurston
Mother to Son --- Theme for English B
185(3)
Langston Hughes
Theater
188(5)
Jean Toomer
The Blacker the Berry
193(9)
Wallace Thurman
Jazz
202(5)
Toni Morrison
The Harlem Renaissance: One Facet of an Unturned Kaleidoscope
207(16)
Darwin Turner
Connecting: Critical Thinking and Writing
223(4)
References and Additional Sources
224(3)
Puerto Ricans The View from the Mainland
227(62)
Setting the Historical and Cultural Context
228(4)
Beginning: Pre-reading/Writing
232(52)
From The Foraker Act
233(2)
The Customs and Traditions of the Tabaqueros and What It Was Like to Work in a Cigar Factory in New York City
235(7)
Bernardo Vega
Kipling and I
242(5)
Jesus Colon
Puerto Rican Paradise
247(6)
Piri Thomas
A Thanksgiving Celebration (Amy)
253(9)
Nicholasa Mohr
The Line of the Sun
262(7)
Judith Ortiz Cofer
Mrs. Baez Serves Coffee on the Third Floor
269(4)
Martin Espada
Latinismo among Early Puerto Rican Migrants in New York City: A Sociohistoric Interpretation
273(11)
Virginia Sanchez Korrol
Connecting: Critical Thinking and Writing
284(5)
References and Additional Sources
286(3)
Japanese Americans In Camp, In Community
289(70)
Setting the Historical and Cultural Context
290(4)
Beginning: Pre-reading/Writing
294(60)
Japanese Relocation Order
295(3)
Pearl Harbor Echoes in Seattle
298(13)
Monica Sone
No-no Boy
311(13)
John Okada
The Legend of Miss Sasagawara
324(12)
Hisaye Yamamoto
Concentration Constellation
336(2)
Lawson Fusao Inada
Kubota
338(10)
Garrett Hongo
Roots
348(6)
Ronald Takaki
Connecting: Critical Thinking and Writing
354(5)
References and Additional Sources
356(3)
African Americans The Struggle for Civil Rights
359(84)
Setting the Historical and Cultural Context
360(5)
Beginning: Pre-reading/Writing
365(73)
From Brown v. the Board of Education of Topeka
366(3)
Invisible Man
369(14)
Ralph Ellison
``Tomorrow Is for Our Martyrs''
383(9)
James Farmer
Letter from Birmingham Jail
392(14)
Martin Luther King, Jr.
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
406(8)
Malcolm X
The Chicago Defender Sends a Man to Little Rock
414(3)
Gwendolyn Brooks
The Lesson
417(7)
Toni Cade Bambara
``What's in a Name?'' Some Meanings of Blackness
424(14)
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Connecting: Critical Thinking and Writing
438(5)
References and Additional Sources
441(2)
Chicanos Negotiating Political and Cultural Boundaries
443(84)
Setting the Historical and Cultural Context
444(5)
Beginning: Pre-reading/Writing
449(73)
From The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
450(6)
The Organizer's Tale
456(9)
Cesar Chavez
Christmas Eve/La Noche Buena
465(11)
Tomas Rivera
Napa, California
476(3)
Ana Castillo
Illegal Alien Legal Alien Elena
479(4)
Pat Mora
Migrant Souls
483(9)
Arturo Islas
Woman Hollering Creek
492(10)
Sandra Cisneros
In Search of Bernabe
502(10)
Graciela Limon
Reinventing the Border
512(10)
Hector Calderon
Connecting: Critical Thinking and Writing
522(5)
References and Additional Sources
523(4)
American Indians Reclaiming Cultural Heritage
527(84)
Setting the Historical and Cultural Context
528(6)
Beginning: Pre-reading/Writing
534(71)
From The Indian Removal Act
535(3)
January 26
538(3)
N. Scott Momaday
Lullaby
541(8)
Leslie Marmon Silko
Plea to Those Who Matter
549(2)
James Welch
Love Medicine
551(18)
Louise Erdrich
Where I Come from Is Like This
569(8)
Paula Gunn Allen
Battling Illegitimacy: Some Words Against the Darkness
577(7)
Greg Sarris
The Language We Know
584(8)
Simon J. Ortiz
A Status Higher Than States
592(13)
Vine Deloria, Jr.
Clifford M. Lytle
Connecting: Critical Thinking and Writing
605(6)
References and Additional Sources
607(4)
The New Immigrants Reviving, Reinventing, and Challenging the American Dream
611(75)
Setting the Historical and Cultural Context
612(3)
Beginning: Pre-reading/Writing
615(60)
From The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1980
616(2)
The Shawl
618(6)
Cynthia Ozick
Easter: Wahiawa, 1959
624(4)
Cathy Song
Visitors, 1965, from Our House in the Last World
628(14)
Oscar Hijuelos
The Hardships of Escape for Vietnamese Women
642(11)
Van B. Luu
Sumpul
653(3)
Jose Alejandro Romero
Visitors
656(10)
Bharati Mukherjee
White Coals Broken Clock Speaking Arabic
666(3)
Naomi Shihab Nye
On Exile
669(6)
Czeslaw Milosz
Connecting: Critical Thinking and Writing
675(11)
References and Additional Sources
677(9)
Index 686

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