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Exploring Diversity in Middle-Class Families: The Symbolism of American Ethnic Identity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 January 2016

Susan Kellogg
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This article began with a puzzle. In our book Domestic Revolutions, Steven Mintz and I took as one of our major themes the rich ethnic variety among American families. Indeed, we argued that there is no such thing as the American family. Yet as we moved forward in time, the theme of ethnic variation became submerged in discussions of class and racial variation. To some extent, our discussion mirrored the historical and sociological literature. But the slipperiness of ethnic variation in contemporary families may also reflect something about the nature of contemporary ethnicity.

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Social Science History , Volume 14 , Issue 1 , Spring 1990 , pp. 27 - 41
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Copyright © Social Science History Association 1990 

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