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PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated

ISBN-100195146514

ISBN-139780195146516

eBay Product ID (ePID)2021990

Product Key Features

Number of Pages272 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameDebating Diversity : Clashing Perspectives on Race and Ethnicity in America

Publication Year2002

SubjectDiscrimination & Race Relations

FeaturesRevised

TypeTextbook

AuthorRonald Takaki

Subject AreaSocial Science

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.5 in

Item Weight14.1 Oz

Item Length6.4 in

Item Width9.2 in

Additional Product Features

Edition Number3

Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN2001-047642

Dewey Edition21

Dewey Decimal305.8/00973

Table Of ContentThe Twenty-first Century: We Will All Be MinoritiesI. Patterns: Ethnicity versus RaceThe Emergence of an American Ethnic PatternReflections on Racial Patterns in AmericaII. National Identity: The Master Narrative of American History and Its DiscontentsThe Significance of the Frontier in American HistoryThe Significance of the Frontier in Native American HistoryThe Clash of Civilizations: In the World and the U.S.Reinventing "America": Call for a New National IdentityIII. Class: Below the Deck of the PequodOrigins of the Southern Labor SystemWhy the Switch to Slavery: Fears of Rebellious White WorkersThe Paradoxical Tragedy of White and Black Laborers in the SouthOrganize Labor and Civil RightsRacial Domination and Class Conflict in Capitalist Agriculture: The Oxnard Sugar Beet Workers' Strike of 1903Immigrants and Workfare WorkersIV. Diversities Within: Gender and Other DifferencesA Bridge to College for Jewish Sons: Daughters in the SweatshopsDouble Discrimination for Puerto Rican WomenRace, Class, and Gender: Prospects for an All-Inclusive SisterhoodStories from the Homefront: Perspectives of Asian American Parents with Lesbian Daughters and Gay SonsVoices from the Movement: Approaches to MultiracialityV. Policies: Strategies and SolutionsThe Negro Today Is Like the Immigrant YesterdayThe Black Community: Race and ClassThe Limits of ImmigrationFear of Foreigners: Immigrants as Scapegoats for Domestic WoesWhat to Do About CrimeWhat to Do and Not To Do About CrimeEnding Affirmative ActionDefending Affirmative ActionAmerican Blacks, It Turned Out, Are Not Like the Immigrants of YesterdayVI. Prospects: E Pluribus Unum?The Return to the Melting PotA Different Mirror: Multicultural Ties That Bind America

Edition DescriptionRevised edition

SynopsisIn the nineteenth century Herman Melville wrote, "America was settled by peoples of all nations....You cannot spill a drop of American blood without spilling the blood of the whole world. We are not a narrow tribe." At the beginning of the twenty-first century, America is more ethnically diverse than ever before. Will we fear this expanding diversity as the disuniting of America, or will we embrace a more inclusive re-definition of our national identity? As the nation's preeminent scholar of multicultural studies, Ronald Takaki invites us to address this question by "debating diversity." The overarching theme of his new anthology is the clash of perspectives over the master narrative of American history--the powerful but mistaken story that this country was settled by European immigrants and that Americans are white. The collection opens with the lively intellectual exchange between Nathan Glazer and Ronald Takaki on ethnicity versus race; it then turns to the contrasting interpretations of the frontier by Frederick Jackson Turner and Takaki. Other debates include: Samuel P. Huntington and Elizabeth Martínez on the diversity of civilizations; Irving Kristol and William Julius Wilson on inner-city blacks; Robert J. Samuelson and Gregory Defreitas on Mexican immigration; Governor Pete Wilson and Chancellor Chang-lin Tien on affirmative action; and James Q. Wilson and Elliott Currie on crime and punishment. The anthology closes with a debate between Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., and Takaki on whether we as Americans should pursue a vision of our society as a melting pot or as a multicultural democracy. Embedded in all of the essays is the question: "Originating from different shores, can we become one people of the United States of America?" An ideal text for diversity courses in Ethnic Studies, Political Science, American Studies, History, Sociology, Anthropology, and Education, Debating Diversity will stir students to think critically about who we have been and who we are as Americans., In the nineteenth century Herman Melville wrote, "America was settled by peoples of all nations....You cannot spill a drop of American blood without spilling the blood of the whole world. We are not a narrow tribe." At the beginning of the twenty-first century, America is more ethnically diverse than ever before. Will we fear this expanding diversity as the disuniting of America, or will we embrace a more inclusive re-definition of our national identity? As the nation's preeminent scholar of multicultural studies, Ronald Takaki invites us to address this question by "debating diversity." The overarching theme of his new anthology is the clash ofperspectives over the master narrative of American history--the powerful but mistaken story that this country was settled by European immigrants and that Americans are white. The collection opens with the lively intellectual exchange between Nathan Glazer and Ronald Takaki on ethnicity versus race; it then turns to the contrasting interpretations of the frontier by Frederick Jackson Turner and Takaki. Other debates include: Samuel P. Huntington and Elizabeth Martínez on thediversity of civilizations; Irving Kristol and William Julius Wilson on inner-city blacks; Robert J. Samuelson and Gregory Defreitas on Mexican immigration; Governor Pete Wilson and Chancellor Chang-lin Tienon affirmative action; and James Q. Wilson and Elliott Currie on crime and punishment. The anthology closes with a debate between Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., and Takaki on whether we as Americans should pursue a vision of our society as a melting pot or as a multicultural democracy. Embedded in all of the essays is the question: "Originating from different shores, can we become one people of the United States of America?" An ideal text for diversity courses in Ethnic Studies, Political Science,American Studies, History, Sociology, Anthropology, and Education, Debating Diversity will stir students to think critically about who we have been and who we are as Americans., In the nineteenth century Herman Melville wrote, "America was settled by peoples of all nations....You cannot spill a drop of American blood without spilling the blood of the whole world. We are not a narrow tribe." At the beginning of the twenty-first century, America is more ethnically diverse than ever before. Will we fear this expanding diversity as the disuniting of America, or will we embrace a more inclusive re-definition of our national identity? As the nation's preeminent scholar of multicultural studies, Ronald Takaki invites us to address this question by "debating diversity." The overarching theme of his new anthology is the clash of perspectives over the master narrative of American history--the powerful but mistaken story that this country was settled by European immigrants and that Americans are white. The collection opens with the lively intellectual exchange between Nathan Glazer and Ronald Takaki on ethnicity versus race; it then turns to the contrasting interpretations of the frontier by Frederick Jackson Turner and Takaki. Other debates include: Samuel P. Huntington and Elizabeth Mart nez on the diversity of civilizations; Irving Kristol and William Julius Wilson on inner-city blacks; Robert J. Samuelson and Gregory Defreitas on Mexican immigration; Governor Pete Wilson and Chancellor Chang-lin Tien on affirmative action; and James Q. Wilson and Elliott Currie on crime and punishment. The anthology closes with a debate between Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., and Takaki on whether we as Americans should pursue a vision of our society as a melting pot or as a multicultural democracy. Embedded in all of the essays is the question: "Originating from different shores, can we become one people of the United States of America?" An ideal text for diversity courses in Ethnic Studies, Political Science, American Studies, History, Sociology, Anthropology, and Education, Debating Diversity will stir students to think critically about who we have been and who we are as Americans.

LC Classification NumberE184.A1F745 2002