Beyond pluralism : the conception of groups and group identities in America / edited by Wendy F. Katkin, Ned Landsman, and Andrea Tyree.

Other author Katkin, Wendy F. (Wendy Freedman), 1940-
Other author Landsman, Ned C., 1951-
Other author Tyree, Andrea.
Format Book
Publication InfoUrbana : University of Illinois Press, ©1998.
Description281 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects
Cultural pluralism--United States. --Congresses.
Ethnicity--United States. --Congresses.
United States--Ethnic relations. --Congresses.
United States--Race relations. --Congresses.

Contents Construction of American pluralism / Ned Landsman and Wendy F. Katkin -- Legal framework of American pluralism : liberal constitutionalism and the protection of groups / Stanley N. Katz -- Multiple ethnic identity choices / Mary C. Waters -- Postethnic America / David A. Hollinger -- Multiculturalism debate as cultural text / Werner Sollors -- Pluralism, Protestantism, and prosperity : Crèvecoeur's American farmer and the foundations of American pluralism / Ned Landsman -- Pluralism and hierarchy : "whiz kids," "the Chinese question," and relations of power in New York City / John Kuo Wei Tchen -- Malevolent assimilation : immigrants and the question of American empire / Matthew Frye Jacobson -- From Jim Crow racism to laissez-faire racism : the transformation of racial attitudes / Lawrence D. Bobo and Ryan A. Smith -- Towards an effective antiracism / Nikhil Pal Singh -- Afterword : how shall we live as many? / Kwame Anthony Appiah -- Commentary : race and the American city / Bill Bradley.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 97033747
ISBN0252023854 (cloth : acid-free paper)
ISBN9780252023859 (cloth : acid-free paper)
ISBN0252066855 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
ISBN9780252066856 (pbk. : acid-free paper)