Pluralist or multiculturalist, proudly ethnic or disappearing into themelting pot, people come in all persuasions. This volume attempts to bridgethe gap that has developed between pluralists and multiculturalists, advocatesof the academic canon and defenders of diversity, celebrants of ethnicheritage and critics of racial ascription. Contributors explore the nation'spluralistic framework as a historical creation, looking at group relationsin the United States and how they have been conceptualized in the past.
