The contents of this book are organized in four parts. Part 1, "Defining White Ethnicity," consists of three essays: "What is an Ethnic?" Andrew Greeley; "Components of the White Ethnic Movement," Perry Weed; and "Confessions of a White Ethnic," Michael Novak. Part 2, "The Family, Parish, and Neighborhood," consists of six essays: "La Famiglia: Four Generations of Italian-Americans," Richard Gambino; "Becoming a Polish American: A Personal Point of View," Paul Wrobel; "Religion and the Immigrant Experience," Joseph Lopreato; "Melrose Park: Home of Father Asciolla," Bill Moyers; "Ethnicity and the Peer Group Society," Herbert Gans; and "Stabilizing White Ethnic Neighborhoods," Stephen Adubato and Richard Krickus. Part 3, "Public Lives: The Schools, Work, and Politics," consists of five essays: "Accommodation and the Elementary School Experience," Leonard Covello; "The Schools of Whitetow," Peter Binzen; "White Workers: Blue Mood," Gus Tyler; "Ethnic Political Behavior," Raymond Wolfinger; and "The Slavs: Not at All Republican," Mark Levy and Michael Kramer. Part 4, "A Resurgence of White Ethnicity," consists of two essays: "Probing the New Ethnicity," Michael Novak and "The Issue of Cultural Pluralism in America Today," Nathan Glazer. (JM)