Ethnic Mosaic Research Articles

Geographical aspects of changes within the Arab communities of Northern Israel

The Arabs of Northern Israel (the Galilee) constitute an unusual population group among the minority populations of Israel. They form the largest concentration of Arabs in the state: over half the minority population. In the central Galilee the Arabs are an absolute majority of the population, and thereby differ from the Arabs of Haifa, Jerusalem, the 'little triangle', and the bedouin scattered over the Beersheba valley. In these areas the Arabs do not form the majority. In contrast to the relatively homogeneous Arab population exclusively bedouin in the south of the country, and the Muslim majority in the little triangle the north is characterized by a unique ethnic, religious, and social mosaic with Muslims, Christians, Druze and Circassians, as well as villagers, city-dwellers and bedouin. The Arabs of the north of Israel, like the other Arabs of the country, underwent major changes between 1948 and 1980; these radically changed their social, economic, political and geographical nature. The aim of this paper is to examine the geographical aspects of these changes, and also to describe and elucidate them. The discussion begins in the last years of the British Mandate and continues through the great crisis that this group underwent in the Israeli War of Independence. Subsequently it deals with the changes that this group underwent from the early years of the state until 1967; it then reviews the dramatic turning point of 1967 and its effects that have continued up into the eighties.

East Indians and the Canadian Ethnic Mosaic: An Overview

East Indians and the Canadian Ethnic Mosaic: An Overview

Muslims in the United States: Settlers and Visitors

Although the 1.2 million Muslim-Americans number more than the Chinese-Americans, Japanese-Ameri cans, or the American Indians, no in-depth study of them has ever been conducted. One reason for the lack of aware ness of the scope of Muslim settlement in America has been that most Muslims arrived here only after the liberalization of immigration laws in 1965. Thus they did not become part of the ethnic mosaic of America until recently. They comprise about 100 subgroups based on language, race, culture, and nationality. Although the majority of them are Asians, there are substantial numbers of Europeans, Africans, native Whites, Afro-Americans, and some West Indians or Latin Americans. Arabs and Iranians are estimated to be the largest groups. About one third are concentrated in the three major metro politan areas of America. Family, religion, and ethnicity are intertwined for the Muslim-American. The MSA (Muslim Students Association), the largest Muslim organization, is attempting to create unity out of the diversified groups. With the resurgence of Islam, Muslim-Americans are also feeling more pride in being part of this worldwide community. Muslims constitute one of the fastest-growing ethnic groups in America, and it is projected that there will be close to 2.5 million in this country by the end of the century.

The Canadian Ethnic Mosaic: A Quest for Identity.

The Canadian Ethnic Mosaic: A Quest for Identity.

Opportunities are expanding...

social mobility is an important aspect of American history. It is reflected in the early colonization and conquest of the native population and in the subsequent revolution for political independence. It appears as the ethnic mosaic of our immigrant forefathers. After the Great Depression, the steady migration of young persons from farms and small towns to the swelling cities entailed social as well as geographic mobility. Given the central place of social mobility in our historical past, it is easy to understand the vitality of our shared image of America as a land of opportunity. Perhaps because mobility is part of our national image, Americans continue to monitor the degree of opportunity in contemporary society. Interestingly, we seem more concerned that American society continue to be structured so as to permit social mobility across generations than that it contain less inequality in current social and economic standing. Americans assent to the awarding of widely different prizes to persons depending on their performance in the economic "race." But we insist that all run the race under the same set of rules so that ability and talent show themselves in a fair way; and we sometimes intervene on behalf of some who cannot start the race from the same place as most of us. Our social programs to insure equality of economic opportunity--to overcome the "handicaps" of social background--issue from this logic. Without regard to the wisdom of our comparative philosophical intolerance of inequality of opportunity as contrasted with our tolerance of inequality of socioeconomic well-being, we can address the question of whether contemporary American society continues to be permeable. For example, does it allow the offspring of lower status families to acquire the material well-being and occupational statuses of middle-class life to as great a degree as in the past? Some social commentators suggest that opportunities for socioeconomic advancement were quite extensive immediately following World War II, largely as a consequence of the war-heated economy and of the GI Bill for education. An evaluation by Patrick Owens in Newsday (June 11, 1975) puts it pointedly:

The Canadian Ethnic Mosaic

The Canadian Ethnic Mosaic

On Migrating to Canada : The First Generation Indian and Pakistani Families in the Process of Change

Despite a growing number of Indian and Pakistani immigrants in the ethnic mosaic of Canadian Society,1 surprisingly very few empirical studies of their family life have been reported to date.2 The need for a systematic investigation of family life and behaviour in this immigrant community, therefore, seems well justified. The present paper may be considered only a limited attempt in this direction. Using data from a larger project desi gned to study various aspects of the immigrant Indian and Pakistani com munity of Saskatoon, this paper looks at the patterns of family interaction • as they emerge from member's comparative participation in the household division of labour and decision-making areas. Specifically, the paper has towfold objectives. First, it explores the nature and direction of change in these interrelated aspects of family struc ture. To achieve this objective, in addition to our data on the immigrants, two other sets of data, one on the patterns of decision-making and division of labour in the immigrants' country of origin and the other on these very aspects of interaction among the White Canadian families, will be used. The former set of data will be drawn from relevant studies conducted in India and Pakistan and the latter from a cross-sectional survey of white fami lies living in East York, Toronto. Wherever possible, the available evidence on the immigrants' backhome interaction patterns will be compared with their current patterns and the latter in turn will be compared with the Canadian patterns. It is hoped that this method, despite some limi ; tations,3 would help point out the direction of family change. The second objective of the paper is to offer a tentative explanation for the type of change which we shall observe in the decision-making and division of labour aspects of the immigrant family. As we proceed towards data-analy sis, we would explore some possible explanations. Here it may be noted that the very fact of migration to Canada has been seen as a major source of change. It is suggested that the migration by separating the immigrant

MANIAT FOLK CULTURE AND THE ETHNIC MOSAIC IN THE SOUTHEAST PELOPONNESE*

Annals of the New York Academy of SciencesVolume 268, Issue 1 p. 199-206 MANIAT FOLK CULTURE AND THE ETHNIC MOSAIC IN THE SOUTHEAST PELOPONNESE* Maniat Folk Culture John N. Andromedas, John N. Andromedas Liberal Arts College Fordham University New York, New York 10023Search for more papers by this author John N. Andromedas, John N. Andromedas Liberal Arts College Fordham University New York, New York 10023Search for more papers by this author First published: February 1976 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1749-6632.1976.tb47643.xCitations: 1 * The fieldwork on which this paper is in part based was supported by a grant from the Social Science Research Council (1960–1961). AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat Citing Literature Volume268, Issue1Regional Variation in Modern Greece and Cyprus: Tword a Perspective on the Ethnography of GreeceFebruary 1976Pages 199-206 RelatedInformation