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Overview
The first comprehensive study of Louis Adamic, Rooting Multiculturalism evaluates the life and work of the Slovenian-born writer, editor, populist historian, and champion of immigrant contributions to the U.S. (1898-1951). Adamic was a widely recognized public figure in the 1930s and 1940s, a popular lecturer, a Book-of-the-Month Club author, and the guest of Presidents Roosevelt and Truman.Synopsis
Shiffman (English, rhetoric, and writing, Berry College, Mount Berry, Georgia) examines the life and work of Slovenian-born Louis Adamic (1898-1951), a writer, editor, populist historian, and champion of immigrant contributions to the U.S. Coverage includes a chronological description of Adamic's life, from childhood in Slovenia to his death in 1951; Adamic and the emergence of cultural pluralism between the 1910s to 1940s; his rhetoric of social reform; his writing about second-generation immigrants; and his relevance to contemporary multiculturalism. Distributed by Associated U. Presses. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Book Details
Published
December 1, 2003
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
Pages
191
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780838640029