cultural pluralism

A series of articles which explore issues of political correctness, hiring practices, school curriculums, the allocation of federal money, and American identity, as they relate to multiculturalism.

Provides descriptions of various multicultural celebrations of pregnancy, birth, coming-of-age, marriage, healing, and death, and offers advice on how to behave, what kinds of gifts to bring, how to dress, and what to say.

Author explores what it means to be an American and how the new ethnic awareness could lead to more fragmentation of American society.

Discusses the stereotypes and problems of multiracial individuals growing up in America.

Presents alphabetically arranged essays on national, ethnoreligious, and Native American cultures residing in the U.S.

Ten plays based on multicultural folktales from such countries as Ghana, China, and Italy.

An annotated list of 1970-1990 multicultural books for elementary, middle, and high school students.

A collection of essays that profiles immigrants from fifty countries who have contributed substantially to the diversity of the United States and looks at the lives of the immigrants in both their native countries and their new one.

Traces the history of Native Americans in the United States, examining the cultural and territorial conflict between Native Americans and European settlers, discussing issues this group has faced throughout the years, and looking at recent efforts to rebuild Native American communities.