Contributions by Linda Pierce Allen, Carl L. Bankston III, Barbara
Carpenter, Milburn J. Crowe, Vy Thuc Dao, Bridget Anne Hayden,
Joyce Marie Jackson, Emily Erwin Jones, Tom Mould, Frieda Quon,
Celeste Ray, Stuart Rockoff, Devparna Roy, Aimee L. Schmidt, James
Thomas, Shana Walton, Lola Williamson, and Amy L. Young Throughout
its history, Mississippi has seen a small, steady stream of
immigrants, and those identities-sometimes submerged, sometimes
hidden-have helped shape the state in important ways. Amid renewed
interest in identity, the Mississippi Humanities Council has
commissioned a companion volume to its earlier book that studied
ethnicity in the state from the period 1500-1900. This new book,
Ethnic Heritage in Mississippi: The Twentieth Century, offers
stories of immigrants overcoming obstacles, immigrants newly
arrived, and long-settled groups witnessing a revitalized claim to
membership. The book examines twentieth-century immigration trends,
explores the reemergence of ethnic identity, and undertakes case
studies of current ethnic groups. Some of the groups featured in
the volume include Chinese, Latino, Lebanese, Jewish, Filipino,
South Asian, and Vietnamese communities. The book also examines
Biloxi as a city that has long attracted a diverse population and
takes a look at the growth in identity affiliation among people of
European descent. The book is funded in part by a "We the People"
grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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