Native Language Dictionaries and Grammars of Alaska, Northern Canada, and Greenland

Americans have become increasingly interested in their ethnic heritage in recent years. Assimilated Euro‐Americans, whose ancestors arrived in the New World generations ago, are rediscovering their roots and are enrolling in foreign language classes, taking up folk dancing, learning ethnic cuisine,...

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Published in:Reference Services Review
Main Authors: Goniwiecha, Mark C., Hales, David A.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Emerald 1988
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/eb049020
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Summary:Americans have become increasingly interested in their ethnic heritage in recent years. Assimilated Euro‐Americans, whose ancestors arrived in the New World generations ago, are rediscovering their roots and are enrolling in foreign language classes, taking up folk dancing, learning ethnic cuisine, tracing their genealogical pedigrees, and returning to the religious traditions their parents may or may not have passed on to them. Now it's “in” to be ethnic.